GLENDALE - CT : USA - OH

*Location:

   Chapel Tower
   Convent of the Transfiguration
   Albion Avenue at Osprey Street
   Glendale, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 39.26584, W 84.45387

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*Player:

   Richard J. Frye, Carillonist
   537 Fox Run Place
   Monroe, OH  45050-1010
   H: (513)539-8835   F: (513)424-6864
   E: rjfrye1@sbcglobal.net
      fryeb /@/ sbcglobal DOTnet

*Contact:

   Community of the Transfiguration   (A)
   495 Albion Avenue
   Glendale, OH  45246-4604
   T: (513)771-5291   F: (513)771-0839

*Schedule:

   Thursday evenings, 4:15-4:45, 5:30-5:50

*Remarks:

   Original carillon cast by J.Prower
   Symonds at Vanduzen foundry, with
   3-octave keyboard made by E.W.Vanduzen
   (now in Verdin Bell Museum, Cincinnati).
   Present bells are the first P&F tradi-
   tional carillon in North America;
   first 27 cast in 1950; last 9 cast (and
   all installed) in 1951.
   Rehung in 1991, with new clappers and
   keyboard by Verdin.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up 10 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is no practice console
   The present keyboard was installed in 1991
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1951, the complete instrument was replaced
       with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1933, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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

*Links:

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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).

Index to all traditional carillons in OH.

Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Nov-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/16
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17

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