The Centralia Carillon *Location: The Centralia Carillon Tower Tower Park between N Elm & N Poplar Streets, and between E Noleman Street & E Broadway Centralia, Illinois, USA LL: N 38.52787, W 89.13168
*Carillonist: (Position vacant; applications wanted)For more information, please contact Thomas Joy, president Centralia Carillon at tjoy@charter.net *Past carillonists: 1983-84 Michael R. Hall (C) 1984-89 Charles Collins (C) 1989-97 Michael R. Hall (C) 1997-2015 Carlo J. van Ulft (A) 2016-24 Roy Kroezen (A) *Contact: Mike Schroeder, Administrator The Centralia Carillon *parcel: 114 North Elm Street Centralia, IL 62801 *postal: P.O. Box 1 Centralia, IL 62801-0001 T: 618-533-4381 E: CentraliaCarillon@att.net - or - Thomas Joy, President E: tjoy/@/charter DOTnet *Schedule: Silent during renovation; normally Wednesday at noon, Thursday at 7pm, Friday at noon 7 pm. Tours of the carillon are available on request, but advance reservations are required. *Remarks: Quarter-hour chime tunes are varied. New playing keyboard by Verdin, 1997. New transmission by Meeks & Watson in 2001. Practice keyboard, by Meeks & Watson, is in office at 104 North Elm. 2023-24: Renovation in progress by M&W. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 65 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is G in the bass octave Transposition is nil (concert pitch) Keyboard range: G C / G C 29 There is one missing bass semitone There is an identical practice console The present keyboard was installed in 1997 by the maker cited in Remarks above Prior history: In 1983, the complete instrument of 65 bells was installed with bells made by Paccard Auxiliary mechanisms: Q3H Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2001*Links:
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