GRAND RAPIDS - F/2 : USA - MI

*Location:

   Fountain Street Church (non-denom.) 
     (was Fountain Street Baptist Church)
   Fountain Street at Bostwick Avenue NE 
   Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

*Contact:

   Fountain Street Church 
   24 Fountain Street NE 
   Grand Rapids, MI  49503-3191
   T: (616)459-8386   F: (616)459-4809 
   E: office@fountainstreet.org

*Remarks:

   First six bells (all swinging) were 
   installed in 1976, replacing a 14-tube
   Deagan tower chime installed in 1923 
   by Roy Lofink (see -F/1).  Electric 
   keyboard disconnected and lost in 
   recent renovation of organ; tape player
   system inoperable; two of the six 
   swingers inoperable.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the Location page, but says nothing about the bells.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the locations of the carillon at GVSU/DeVos Center and the chime at St.Andrew's Cathedral.

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).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 14-Jul-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/07/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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