Betty Jane Dimmitt Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Episcopal Church of the Ascension
   Orange Avenue at Turner Street
   Clearwater, Florida, USA
   LL: N 27.95869, W 82.80272

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*Carillonist:

   Ascension Carillon Guild (volunteers)

   1985-89 Linda Pointer   (C)
   1990-2008 Beth E. Hunter   (A)
   2009-15 E. Lee Cobb   (C)
     - and -
     Phyllis C. Webb (d.2015) (C)
   2016-18 Frances Newell   (A)

*Contact:

   Church of the Ascension
   701 Orange Avenue
   Clearwater, FL  33756-5232
   T: 727-447-3469   F: 727-446-5170
   E: Webform @ churchofascension.org

*Schedule:

   Five days/week, times weather-dependent

*Remarks:

   Keyboard has space for addition of Bb
   bass and 5 trebles.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 25
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1982
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  8 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   13 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  16 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

The church Website has a photo of the carillon on the Music page.

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About the donor of the carillon and tower

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
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Other concert carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in FL.

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   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/03/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/06/05