GROSSE POINTE FARMS - GPMC : USA - MI

*Location:

   Memorial Tower
   The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
     (Presbyterian/PCUSA)
   Lake Shore Road at McKinley Place
   Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.38675, W 82.89915

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*Player:

   Phyllis Clark Webb   (C)
   23412 South Colonial Court
   St.Clair Shores, MI  48080-2630
   H: (313)886-4985
   E: phylcwebb@comcast.net

   1953 ded. Percival Price   (d.)
   1952-77: (local volunteers)
   1977-93: William De Turk   (C)

*Contact:

   Grosse Pointe Memorial Church   (Su)
   Attn:  Carillonneurs
   16 Lake Shore Road
   Grosse Pointe Farms, MI  48236-3783
   T: (313)882-5330   F: (313)882-7675
   E: craines@gpmchurch.org  [Mus.Min.]

*Schedule:

   Summer Tuesdays 1945;
   for Sunday services.

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   American standard console installed
   in 1976; practice clavier in the tower.
   Original clock intact but inoperable;
   original electric action removed when
   expanded to a carillon.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 23
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1952
     with 39 bells by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1927, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

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

*Links:

The church Website has a two-page section on the carillon (under Music), but it is mostly unreadable on some Web browsers because of non-standard coding.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 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.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

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