*Location:
Veterans Bell Tower Memorial
Capitol Drive (WI-190)
at Pewaukee Road (Cty.J, WI-164)
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
LL: N 43.0843, W 88.2226
*Contact:
Veterans Bell Tower Memorial
*parcel:
Hwy.164 & Capitol Drive
Pewaukee, WI 53072
*postal:
PO Box 90
Pewaukee, WI 53072-0090
T: (262)691-2188 F: (262)691-9404
E: sandy.kelly@foundationsbank.com*Schedule:
(None - bells in storage)
*Remarks:
Bells cast and delivered in 1995; ground broken for tower in Nov.2007; fundraising is in progress. 2011: Plans collapsed; future unclear; former email address deactivated.
*Technical data:
Ring of 8 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
Transposition is not applicable
Keyboard range: ROPE / NONE
There are no added semitones
The whole instrument was cast in 1995
with bells made by Whitechapel
Year of latest technical information source is 1995
*Links:
The Memorial Website has drawings of the proposed bell tower, and photos of the ceremonial groundbreaking, but does not show the precise location.
Nov.2006 note that groundbreaking was held on Veterans Day
2006 news article, reporting that the bells are finally finding a home
The Village Website has no information about the bells yet.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Index to all tower bell instruments in WI.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 24-Nov-11 based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19 and on technical data last updated on 1997/07/14
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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