CariBelle - America's Only
Traveling Carillon*Location:
travels with "Cast in Bronze"
musical group; based in
Pottstown
Pennsylvania, USA
*Former Location (1982-1991):
John P. Hall Estate Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA See MECHANICSBURG - 2, USA - PA under 'Former Carillons' for prior history.
*Player:
Frank DellaPenna, Carillonneur 2460 North Hill Camp Road Pottstown, PA 19465-8825 H: (610)469-0261 W: (215)783-0330
*Contact:
Cast in Bronze Attn: Frank DellaPenna PO Box 281 St.Peters, PA 19470-0281 T: 800-601-6609 or 610-469-0261 E: fdp51@aol.com
*Schedule:
Special events; for current details see Website - www.castinbronze.com
*Remarks:
Bells dated 1980 (the third set to use this frame); keyboard by P&F, 1967
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 35 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the treble octave
Transposition is up one octave
Keyboard range: C C / C G
There are two missing bass semitones
There is no practice console
The whole instrument was installed in 1991
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen in 1980
Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:
A WCF page has a photo and details.
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 traveling carillons in the world.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 23-Aug-07 based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/22 and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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