NAMPA : USA - ID

*Location:

   Leah Peterson Learning Commons
   Northwest Nazarene University
   South University Boulevard
   Nampa, Idaho, USA
   LL: N 43.562, W 116.565
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*Contact:

   Northwest Nazarene University
   623 South University Boulevard
   Nampa, Idaho  83686-5897
   T: (208)467-8011

*Schedule:

   (None until completion of building)

*Remarks:

   Bells recycled from elsewhere in USA,
   refurbished by Elderhorst Bells,
   installed here May 2014; building to be
   completed in Aug.2014.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2014
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014
*Links:

On the University Website, a news article mentions the supplier and the installer of the bells.

News article on installation of the bells, with photo (clickable for 4-photo slide show).

Another news article about the installation has one photo (clickable for larger version).

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in ID.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 20-May-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/05/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/05/15
*Photos:

(none available)


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