OKLAHOMA CITY - WPC : USA - OK 

   Westminster Carillon

*Location:

   Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   North Shartel Avenue at NW 43rd Street
   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
   LL: N 35.51616, W 97.52491
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*Player:

   Lisa Hart
   3100 North Meridian Court
   Oklahoma City, OK  73122-1417
   H: (405)949-9483
   E: lisa.hart@astrazeneca.com
*Past Carillonneurs: 
   Clarence L. Cloak
   John S. Havens
   Dixie Jensen (Mrs. Don S.)

*Contact:

   Westminster Presbyterian Church
   4400 North Shartel Avenue
   Oklahoma City, OK  73118-6442
   T: (405)524-2204
   E: amber@westminster-okc.org

*Schedule:

   Sunday 1030-1100 and at noon

*Remarks:

   Bourdon swings & has electric toller.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1956
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1954, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website seems to have no photo of the building.  There is a very brief mention of the carillon on one of the Music pages.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, 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 OK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in OK.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on  4-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/04
   and on technical data last updated on 1999/12/29

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