RICHMOND - WM : USA - VA

*Location:

   Virginia Soldiers' War Memorial
     (World War I)
   Pump House Road and Blanton Avenue
   (Virginia Highway 161)
   William Byrd Park
   Richmond, Virginia, USA
   LL: N 37.54097, W 77.48353

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*Player:

   Lawrence Robinson   (A)
   4411 Saratoga Road
   Richmond, VA  23235-1265
   H: (804)320-7734   W: (804)828-1166
   - and -
   Ryan Hebert   (C)
   1905 Price Drive
   Farmville, VA  23901-5462
   T: (434)395-2500
   E: rhebert75@gmail.com

   19??-?? Hilton Rufty   (d.)
   19??-6? Wyatt Insko
   19??-200? Donald R. Traser   (A)

*Contact:

   City of Richmond
   Department of Parks,
     Recreation & Conservation Facilities
   900 East Broad Street
   Richmond, VA  23219-1907
   Attn:  Barbara Brock, Production Specialist
   T: (804)646-1437

*Schedule:

   Memorial Day, July 4th, Veterans Day
   and Christmas Eve.

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   13 doubled trebles removed in the
   recasting.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 53 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     A#D#  /    A#C 26
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   21 bells were recast or replaced in 1970
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1932, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Taylor      
       (32 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1971

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

*Links:

This is one of only eight carillons which were originally equipped with Taylor's doubled trebles.

A tour page has a good photo of the tower.

The Arts in the Park have a nice photo of the upper part of the tower.

A city Website has a few pages which mention the carillon, but no photos.

News article, with video clip about the carillon, the tower, and Larry Robinson

Virginia Historical Society article about the history of the War Memorial Carillon, Richmond; with tower photo.

Blog article with views from the top of the tower, plus one photo of the bells and an audio clip.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 VA.

Index to all tower bell instruments in VA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Jun-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/06/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/09

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