ALLENDALE : USA - MI

   Cook Carillon

*Location:

   Cook Carillon Tower
   Grand Valley State University
   Mich.Hwy.45 near 48th Avenue
   Allendale, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.9635, W 85.8892

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*Player:

   Prof. Julianne vanden Wyngaard   (C)
   Department of Music
   293 Lake Superior Hall
   Grand Valley State University
   Allendale, MI  49401
   H: (616)457-3367   W: (616)331-2110
   F: (616)331-3100   E: vandenwj@gvsu.edu
   - and -
   Barbara Kindschi   (A)
   6761 Shady Oak Lane
   Hudsonville, MI  49426-9351
   H: (616)669-5634   F: (616)669-5634
   E: kindschb@gmx.net

*Contact:

   Department of Music
   Grand Valley State University
   Allendale, MI  49401-9403
   T: (616)895-3484
   - or -
   University Communications
   Attn: Steven Ward
   T: (616)895-2221

*Schedule:

   Monday thru Friday at noon during the
   academic year (1 Sep - 1 May);
   Summer Sundays at 8pm, 1 Jul - 1 Sep

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   Practice clavier in Calder Fine Arts
   Center.  Quarters on the bass diatonic
   octave.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 24
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1994
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

*Links:

On the GVSU Website, there are numerous news articles which mention the tower, but there is no detailed information about the instrument.
A tower photo is unrealistically tilted.
Another tower photo shows more of the surroundings.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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 age.

Index to all traditional carillons in MI.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI, including the 48-bell carillon on the Allendale campus of this university.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Jun-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1996/11/29

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