HOUSTON - STJ : USA - TX 

   Cora Allison Leavens Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   St.John the Divine Episcopal Church
   River Oaks Boulevard at Westheimer Road
   Houston, Texas, USA
   LL: N 29.74287, W 95.42689
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*Player:

   Larry E. Williams   (A)
   8053 Cedel Drive
   Houston, TX  77055-1201
   H: (713)932-9057   W: (713)984-1242
   F: (713)984-1680
   E: LBassoon@aol.com
*Past Carillonneurs: 
   C. Eugene (Gene) Lasater   (d.1999?)
   Carol Jickling Lens   (C)
   Jeff W. Fisher   (A)

*Contact:

   John Gearhart, Director of Music
   St.John the Divine Church
   2450 River Oaks Boulevard
   Houston, TX  77019-5826
   T: (713)622-3600

*Schedule:

   Sundays before and after services.

*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 1962
     with  7 bells by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1952, 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 has a small photo of the building and tower on the home page.  There is a page about the carillon, reachable from the Music Ministries page.

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 TX.

Index to all tower bell instruments in TX.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jun-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1997/07/12

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