LANSING - C : USA - MI

   Christopher Hansen Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Central United Methodist Church
   North Capitol Avenue at West Ottawa St.
   Lansing, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.73481, W 84.55400

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*Player:

   (none)

   Mano R. Hardies  (d.)

*Contact:

   Beverly K. Dodge
   Central Methodist Church
   215 North Capitol Avenue
   Lansing, MI  48933-1303
   T: (517)489-9477
   E: centralumc@voyager.net

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Treble C# is omitted.  Original pedal
   range was 4 notes less at upper end.
   Practice keyboard by Taylor.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up 11 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C C   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1951
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

*Links:

The church Website has a drawing of the building and tower on the home page, but does not mention the carillon.  The Pictorial Brochure page has a large color photo of the building.

A historic markers page has a tower photo and a brief history of the building.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

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

Index to all traditional carillons in MI.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  2-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1996/11/29

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