OTTAWA - PT : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   Peace Tower
   Houses of Parliament
   Parliament Hill
   (Wellington Street, opposite Metcalfe)
   Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 45.42477, W 75.69954

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*Player:

   Dr. Andrea McCrady,   (C)
     Dominion Carillonneur
   House of Commons
   Ottawa, ON  K1A 0A6
   H: (509)230-2784
   E: AMcCrady@MSN.com

   1927-39 Percival Price   (d.)  (C)
   1939-75 Robert Donnell   (d.)  (C)
      (1936-9 Assistant D.C.)
   1975-77 Emilien Allard   (d.1977)  (C)
   1977-2008 Gordon Slater   (C)

*Contact:

   Public Information Office
   House of Commons
   Ottawa, ON  K1A 0A6
   T: (613)992-4793

*Schedule:

   Sep-Jun: most weekdays 1200-1215;
     silent during Holy Week and when the
     Dominion Carillonneur is on leave.
   Jul-Aug: weekdays 1100-1200 except
     Canada Day (1 July); a free booklet
   of all programs is published.

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.
   Playing and practice keyboards
   renovated, and new transmission
   installed, 1982.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 53 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G C   /    G C 29
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1927
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 1967

*Links:

The official website for the carillon including a daily recital programme.
The Parliament Photo Gallery offers a few pictures of the tower.
The Library of Parliament has a concise page on the Parliament Buildings with a tower photo.

News article on appointment of Andrea McCrady as Dominion Carillonneur

News article on Andrea McCrady becoming Dominion Carillonneur

A commercial tour page offers more informal photos.

A journal entry from the day of dedication paints a wonderful verbal picture.

A page of photographs by Robert R. Williams (all clickable for enlarged versions); this site also has a dramatic evening illumination.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston 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 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  8-Jan-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/07
   and on technical data last updated on 1978/12/05

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