SAINT LOUIS - CS : USA - MO

*Location:

   Luther Tower
   Concordia Seminary
     (Lutheran, Missouri Synod)
   De Mun Avenue
   Clayton,
     St.Louis County, Missouri, USA
   LL: N 38.63814, W 90.31043

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*Player:

   (none)

   1971-79 (unknown)
   1980-2000 Rev.Dr.Wayne E. Schmidt
             (1927-2000)

*Contact:

   Concordia Seminary
   801 Seminary Place
   St.Louis, MO  63105-3168
   T: (314)505-7000   F: (314)505-7001
   E: engfehrl@csl.edu

*Schedule:

   Summer series 1930 Tue in June (guests)

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   Basses (10) from Heiligerlee foundry;
   trebles from Greenwood foundry.
   Bass C,D,E also swing.
   Original playing keyboard was on display
   in the middle level of the tower for
   many years, but then disappeared.
   Near the tower is the original bell
   of the Seminary, cast in 1883 by
   J.G.Stuckstede of St.Louis.

*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 C 24
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The present keyboard was installed in 1983
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1971, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by vanBergen   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1983

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

*Links:

The seminary Website includes an illustrated page about the tower; the original seminary bell is visible on display at ground level.  A campus photos page includes another view of the tower.  A page about the campus includes an aerial view where the tower can be seen.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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 MO.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MO.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Feb-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/01/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/09

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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