DETROIT - CPB : USA - MI

*Location:

   Church of the Precious Blood (RC) 
   Grove Street at Littlefield Avenue 
   Detroit, Michigan, USA

*Contact:

   Precious Blood Rectory 
   13305 Grove Street 
   Detroit, MI  48235-4223 
   T: (313)342-5292   F: (313)342-3513 
   E: preciousbloodpar@aol.com

*Remarks:

   Originally 35 bells, 1951; downsized 
   in 1955 or 1956.  Inoperable for many
   years; repaired by parishioners, 2004.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1951
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

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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).

Why this instrument was a milestone in North American chime history (1956).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/01/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/04/12

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