MILWAUKEE - MU : USA - WI 

   The Marquette University Carillon

*Location:

   Rooftop belfry
   Marquette Building
   1217 West Wisconsin Avenue
   Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
   LL: N 43.0384, W 87.9276
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*Player:

   Mark Konewko
   4074 North Lake Drive
   Shorewood, WI  53211-2144
   H: (414)962-4342   W: (414)332-7278
   E: MKonewko@aol.com
*Past Carillonneur: 
   19??-?? William J. Geisheker   (d.)

*Contact:

   Marquette University (RC)
   615 North 11th Street
   Milwaukee, WI  53233-2305
   T: (414)288-7250

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Quarter strikes: A, AG, AGE, CAGE/C.
   Bourdon swings.
   New keyboard by Meeks & Watson, along
   with some restoration.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C G   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The present keyboard was installed in 2004
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1967, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

A page on Marquette Hall includes a photograph of the swingable bourdon as well as the playing schedule for the carillon. It also offers a sound clip of the MU Alma Mater.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 age.

Index to all traditional carillons in WI.

Index to all tower bell instruments in WI.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 11-Jun-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/08/17

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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