BLOOMFIELD HILLS - CCC : USA - MI

   The Wallace Carillon

*Location:

   Christ Church Cranbrook (Episcopal)
   Cranbrook Road at Lone Pine Road
   Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
   LL: N 42.56695, W 83.24387

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*Player:

   Jenny L. King   (C)
   849 Rivard Boulevard
   Grosse Pointe, MI  48230-1256
   H: (313)343-0698   W: (313)822-5352
   E: Dogger138@aol.com
      Wright-King@comcast.net

   1928-64 (not researched)
   1964-88 Beverly Buchanan   (C)
   1988-91 Don Cook   (C)
   1991-?? Phillip E. Burgess

*Contact:

   Christ Church Cranbrook   (A)
   Attn: Jenny King
   *parcel:
     470 Church Road
     Bloomfield Hills, MI  48304
   *postal:
     PO Box 801
     Bloomfield Hills, MI  48303-0801
   T: (810)644-5210   F: (248)644-0148
   E: church@christchurchcranbrook.org

*Schedule:

   for Sunday services

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   13 duplicate trebles disconnected after
   1948; disposition unknown.  Most
   of the 33 trebles removed in 1978 went
   to  PHILIPPI, USA - WV.
   Ellacombe stand on 8 bells (same as
   C-C diatonic on pedal keyboard).
   Major renovation late 1994, with new
   Watson/Verdin keyboards.
   Previous practice console had 4 1/2
   octave capacity, with extra bass pedals
   in storage; Bb pedal was installed when
   transposition of playing keyboard
   was changed in 1978 enlargement.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C 49/    A#C 26
   There is one missing bass semitone
   14 bells were recast or replaced in 2001
     by Meeks,Watson
   Prior history:
     In 1994, the keyboard was replaced
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
     In 1978, the instrument was enlarged to its present size
       with bells made by Taylor      
       (21 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1928, the instrument was begun with 48 notes using 61 bells
       by Taylor      
       (15 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website includes a good picture of the tower among the sequence of those presented on the home page.  In the Music section, an Instruments page presents some information about the instrument and its distinctive history, but erroneously reports the original size as 46 bells.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meeks & Watson bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

This is one of only eight carillons which were originally equipped with Taylor's doubled trebles.

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 MI.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 25-Jul-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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