*Location:
War Memorial Queen's Park Frederick Street and Browns Lane Loughborough, Leicestershire, England OS Ref. SK 533 193 LL: N 52.76938, W 1.21057
*Player:
Peter K. Shepherd, (A)
Borough Carillonneur
35 Pantain Road
Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3LZ
T: 01509/266 487
E: shepherd@35pantain.freeserve.co.uk
- and -
Brian Saddington,
Deputy Borough Carillonneur
28 Atherstone Road
Loughborough, Leics. LE11 2SJ
*Past Carillonneurs:
Dr. Peter Stratfold Peter Harrod Sydney Porter
*Contact:
(unknown)
*Schedule:
Summer (Good Friday thru Sept.) Thursdays 1300 & Sundays 1530; Bank Holiday Mondays 1530; carillon week in July.
*Remarks:
13 duplicate trebles for top octave have long been disconnected.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 47 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the bass octave
Transposition is down 4 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: C C / C G
There are two missing bass semitones
There is an identical practice console
The whole instrument was installed in 1924
with bells made by Taylor
Year of latest technical information source is 1976
*Links:
Ranking among all British Isles traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles traditional carillons by year of completion.
Index to all traditional carillons in this region.
Index to all tower bell instruments in UK-E.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 7-Oct-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/07 and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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