MORRISTOWN : USA - NJ

*Location:

   St.Peter's Episcopal Church
   South Street at Miller Road
   Morristown, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 40.79326, W 74.47812

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*Player:

   John Dyer

*Contact:

   Brian P. Harlow, Dir.Music & Organist
   T: (973)538-0555x18
   E: bharlow/@/stpetersmorristown/./org
   - at -
   St.Peter's Episcopal Church
   70 Maple Avenue
   Morristown, NJ  07960
   T: (973)538-0555   F: (973)538-7790
   E: jroberts@StPetersMorristown.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   The largest carillon in the USA when
   installed in 1924; supplanted within
   a year by Cohasset.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1993
     with  2 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1955, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by Bigelow     
       (14 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1924, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Taylor      
       (33 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

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

*Links:

The church Website has a small drawing of the front of the tower on each page.  There is a good photo of the side and back of the tower on the History page, along with a brief mention of the carillon which conflicts with what is given above.  (Clarification was sought in Oct.2004, but has not been received.)  The Music pages don't mention this historic carillon at all, though there are two sentences about it on the History page, which has another photo of the tower from a different perspective.

A photo of the building and its squarish tower accompanies the report of a visitor.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of Arthur Bigelow, 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 NJ.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NJ.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  3-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/09/23

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