Inventory of Bells

Rockefeller Chapel’s Carillon (University of Chicago) - CHICAGO (ILLINOIS)

(Reference: 11385)
5850 S Woodlawn Ave
IL 60637 CHICAGO
Description The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and its sister instrument at Riverside Church in New York City, both dating from the early 1930s, were the masterworks of the Gillett & Johnston bell foundry of Croydon, England. Carillons of this size had never before been made, and have not been made again since that time. https://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/ (09-01-2022)
Bells The Chicago instrument, comprising 72 bells and 100 tons of bronze, is the single largest musical instrument ever built. Its bells were cast over a three-year period and include a massive 18.5 ton bourdon sounding a low C#.
Authors
  • LLOP i BAYO, Francesc (09-01-2022)
  • MARTÍNEZ ROIG, Eliseo (09-02-2023)

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    ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPELRockefeller Chapel’s Carillon2022
    ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPELCarillon specifications2022

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    BRINK, JOEYCarillon (A tower filled with 100 tons of bells) 17-08-201936:02
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    Editors CIURANA I ABELLÍ, Blai
    Updating 26-05-2023

    Carillon

    In operation
    Manual carillon
    Manual keyboard
    Computer

    AuthorsGILLETT & JOHNSTON
    Maintenance firmGILLETT & JOHNSTON
    Construction date 1932
    Bells 72
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    General inventory of carillons
  • CHICAGO: Bells, bell ringers and bell ringing
  • Francesc LLOP i BAYO; Francesc Xavier MARTÍN NOGUERA Metodologia dels inventaris de campanes (1998)
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