MIDDLETOWN - A : USA - OH

   The Sidney Case McCammon Memorial
     Carillon

*Location:

   Episcopal Church of the Ascension
   McGee Avenue at Florence Street
   Middletown, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 39.51077, W 84.37767

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*Player:

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

*Contact:

   Church of the Ascension
   2709 McGee Avenue
   Middletown, OH  45044-4899
   T: (513)424-1254
   E: ascension@ascension-middletown.org

*Schedule:

   Sunday 10:10 am

*Remarks:

   One swinging bell installed in 1961;
   two more installed in 1963; remaining
   bells in 1964.  Refurbished in 1993.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1964
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

The church Website has a picture of the tower and building on the home page, and on some other pages.  The carillon is only mentioned on the History page.

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).
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in OH.

Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  8-Jan-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/16

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