EMMITSBURG : USA - MD

*Location:

   Pangborn Memorial Campanile 
   The National Shrine of Our Lady 
   Grotto Road 
   Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA

*Contact:

   Mount St.Mary's College and Seminary 
   Attn: Bell Tower 
   Emmitsburg, MD  21727 
   T: (301)447-6122 
   - or - 
   Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes 
   (301)447-5318
   E: spoonhou@msmary.edu

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1964
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The college Website includes a section about the Grotto of Lourdes, near which the campanile stands; it's pictured here. The Campus Tour shows where the Campanile stands on the hillside above the College.

A photo (148KB) of the Campanile

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

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 21-Mar-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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