CUMBERLAND - ACC : USA - MD

*Location:

   Allegany Community College
   Main Campus, near College Center
   Willowbrook Road
   Cumberland, Maryland, USA
   LL: N 39.65242, W 78.72978

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*Contact:

   Allegany Community College
   Attn: Bell Tower
   12401 Willowbrook Road, SE
   Cumberland, MD  21502-2596
   T: (301)784-5005
   E: callcenter@ac.cc.md.us
      infocenter@allegany.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1968
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

On the Website of Allegany College of Maryland, see the Cumberland Campus Map -- the freestanding bell tower is located at the southeast corner of the College Center (marked "C"), although it's not shown.

A photo (37KB) of the clock tower

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MD.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Apr-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/04/09

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