NIAGARA FALLS - RB : CANADA - ON

   The Rainbow Tower Carillon

*Location:

   Rainbow Tower
   Rainbow Bridge
   River Road
   Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.09185, W 79.07004

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*Player:

   Gloria R. Werblow,   (C)
     Carillonneur
   37 Noel Drive
   Williamsville, NY  14221-3220
   H: (716)632-4405   W: (716)633-7800
   E: Carillon1@aol.com

   19??-?? Robert Kleinschmidt   (d.)
   19??-72 Leland Richardson   (d.)
   1972-75 Gordon Slater   (C)
   1975-?? Robert Donnell   (d.)

*Contact:

   Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
   P.O. Box 395
   Niagara Falls, ON  L2E 6T8
   T: (905)354-5641
   - or -
   345 3rd Street
   Niagara Falls, NY  14303
   T: (716)285-6322   F: (716)282-3292

*Schedule:

   None - tower closed in fear of
   terrorists.

*Remarks:

   Completely renovated early 1992, with
   GCNA standard console by Meeks & Watson.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 55 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G D   /    G C 29
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The present keyboard was installed in 1992
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1948, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

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

*Links:

The Niagara Parks have a long page on both a Canadian and an American Website.  In both cases, the former information about "The Rainbow Carillon Tower" has been entirely removed, though the tower still exists.

Searching the Historic Niagara Digital Collections of Niagara Falls Public Library yields a collection of 41 photos related to the tower.  All are thumbnails which can be clicked to see the full photo.

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 final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meeks & Watson company, 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 year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in ON.

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Jan-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/01/08
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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