BLOOMFIELD HILLS - KH/2 : USA - MI

   The Children's Bells of Blessing

*Location:

   over west entrance 
   Kirk in the Hills (Presbyterian/PCUSA) 
   1340 West Long Lake Road 
   Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA 
   LL: N 42.58121, W 83.29539

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   Kirk in the Hills   (A) 
   1340 West Long Lake Road 
   Bloomfield Hills, MI  48302-1335 
   T: (248)626-2515   F: (248)626-4924

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Chronochime with animated figures, 
   showing Jesus blessing children. 
   Renovated and rededicated in 1997.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

*Links:

The church Website is extensive, but says nothing about this chime.

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

Index to all glockenspiels in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI, including the carillon (KH/1) at the same institution.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 12-Apr-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/04/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/06/30

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