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Noyes Memorial Carillon
*Location:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church
(PCUSA)
Summit Avenue at Avon Street (N)
St.Paul, Minnesota, USA
LL: N 44.94198, W 93.13342
*Player:
David W. Johnson (C) 820 Holly Avenue St.Paul, MN 55104-7136 H: (651)222-3356 W: (612)625-7471 F: (612)625-5673 E: bourdonmn@hotmail.com*Past Carillonneurs:
1923-28 R.Buchanan Morton (d.) 1928-29 Theophil Rusterholz (d.) 1929-30 Gordon Kindy (d.) 1930-42 Donald Jones (d.) 1942-87 Theophil Rusterholz (d.) 1987-93 Dennis W. Reppen (d.)
*Contact:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church 797 Summit Avenue St.Paul, MN 55105-3392 T: (612)227-6311
*Schedule:
Sundays 1100-30 (pre-Memorial Day thru pre-Labor Day), else 1000-30; summer recital series Independence Day and most Sundays of Jul-Aug, 4-5pm.
The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists
*Remarks:
The work by Meneely is reported as retuning but may have included some recasting. The 1959 enlargement included one more bell by Bigelow. The 1985 recasting replaced three Michiels bells. The 1991 enlargement included replacement of frame, clappers and action.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 49 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: C C / C G
There are no missing bass semitones
There is a practice console
The instrument was enlarged in 1991
with 1 bell made by Petit & Fritsen
Prior history:
In 1985, 3 bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Paccard
(3 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1959, the instrument was enlarged to 48 bells
by Paccard
(11 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1951, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells
by Bigelow
(12 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1951, 8 bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Bigelow
(8 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1951, 10 bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
(10 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
Previously, some bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1923, the instrument was begun with 28 bells
by Michiels
(3 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:
Building photos
from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the
Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the fourth and fifth phases of this work lie in the sequence of output of Arthur Bigelow,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the sixth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the seventh phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 MN.
Index to all tower bell instruments in MN.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/12/27 and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/27
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