TORONTO - UT : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   Soldiers' Tower
   University of Toronto
   7 Hart House Circle
   Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.66355, W 79.39517

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*Player:

   Roy Lee   (C)
   450 Walmer Road, #406
   Toronto, ON  M5P 2X8
   H: (416)877-8925
   E: Roy.Lee@utoronto.ca
      roy.lee@aya.yale.edu
   - and -
   Michael B. Hart   (A)
   1000 Castle Hill Crescent, Unit 208
   Ottawa, ON  K2C 3L7
   H: (613)422-8216
   E: HartMikeB46@yahoo.ca

   1927-68: Leland Richardson   (d.)
   1969-77: Gordon Slater   (C)
   1980s:   Heather Spry
   1980-82: Andrea McCrady, Assistant  (C)

*Contact:

   Soldiers' Tower Committee
   Department of Alumni and Development
   21 Kings College Circle
   University of Toronto
   Toronto, ON  M5S 3J3
   T: (416)978-8638   F: (416)978-5102
   - or -
   Bryn Mac-Pherson White,
     Director of University Events
   Office of the President
   206 Simcoe Hall
   27 Kings College Circle
   University of Toronto
   Toronto, ON  M5S 1A1
   T: (416)978-2879   F: (416)971-1360
   E: bryn.macpherson.white@utoronto.ca

*Schedule:

   For some University events;
   guest recitals in August and September.

*Remarks:

   vanBergen trebles cast in Heiligerlee,
   sold to interested alumni in 1975
   renovation.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     A#D   /    A#C 25
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1975
     with 28 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1953, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
       by vanBergen   
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1927, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       (23 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986

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

*Links:

The Soldiers' Tower Committee has a Webpage which describes the tower and carillon.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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).
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 10-May-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/05/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/12/11

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