FREDERICK - BP : USA - MD 

   The Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Baker Park
   West Second and Bentz Streets
   Frederick, Maryland, USA
   LL: N 39.41578, W 77.41614
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*Player:

   John A. Widmann,   (C)
     City Carillonneur
   623 Magnolia Avenue
   Frederick, MD  21701-8505
   H: (301)846-4781   C: (301)788-2806
   E: JWidmann@yahoo.com
*Past Carillonneurs: 
   19??-66 H.David Hagen, Chimer
   1966-82 H.David Hagen
   1984-92 Dr.Galen Brooks

*Contact:

   City Parks Department
   111 Airport Drive East
   Frederick, MD  21701
   T: (301)694-1440

*Schedule:

   Sundays at noon; guest recitals
   Sundays at 6pm, Jun-Aug (12 weeks)

*Remarks:

   Meneely and Eisjbouts bells retuned by
   R.Watson during latest expansion;
   design & clavier by Meeks & Watson;
   bells cast 1966, installed by Verdin.
   Practice clavier from Cranbrook.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  4 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /    A#C   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1995
     with 26 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1967, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       (9 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1941, the instrument was begun with 14 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       (14 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American concert class carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in MD.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MD.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/12/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/10/18

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