WILMINGTON -- : USA - OH 

   Simon Goodman Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Collett Mall
   Wilmington College
   College and Douglas Streets
   Wilmington, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 39.44464, W 83.81765
*Original Location (1958-9): 
   Vatican Pavilion
   Brussels World's Fair
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*Player:

   Albert Meyer   (C)
   4280 Orchard Lane
   Cincinnati, OH  45236-3127
   H: (513)791-4184   E: AlMeyer@Fuse.net

*Contact:

   Wilmington College
   Wilmington, OH  45177
   T: (937)382-6661
   E: public_relations@wilmington.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast in 1958.
   Denomination - Quaker.
   Rehung in 2006 by Meeks, Watson & Co.,
   with new clappers, radial action, &c.
   Chime Master Systems added electric
   action for first 24 bells, with
   external strikers from Eijsbouts.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C D   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

*Links:

On the College Website, the campus map shows the location and shape of the tower; click on it (#6) to find a small page about the carillon, with a photo of the tower.

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).

Index to all traditional carillons in OH.

Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20

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