KALAMAZOO - CCK : USA - MI

*Location:

   (removed to storage elsewhere)

   Cathedral of Christ the King
     (Episcopal)
   Oakland Drive at I-94
   Kalamazoo/Portage, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.23980, W 85.62118

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*Remarks:

   Bell frame was designed for future
   addition of manual action (never done).
   Sep.2007: Bells removed to storage
   before the building was deconsecrated,
   then sold to the non-denominational
   Kalamazoo Valley Family Church.
   Apr.2008: Bells sold thru Chime Master
   Systems; awaiting news of new home.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1969
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The Website of the Cathedral and Parish Church has two small photos of the unusual building on the home page.  The Architecture page describes the building, mentions the tower, and leads to a page of exterior photos, including a belfry photo.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  6-Apr-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17

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