*Location:

   Mitchell Tower
   University of Chicago
   57th Street & South University Avenue
   Chicago, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 41.79134, W 87.59838

Site locator map

*Ringers' contact(s):

   Tom Farthing, Ringing Master
   T: 630-416-0474   C: 630-247-6649
   E: tom/@/farthing DOTus
      tomfarthing5040@gmail.com
   - and -
   Sarah Arehart
   W: 773-702-2715
   E: ringers@uchicago.edu

*Contact:

   University of Chicago
   5801 South Ellis Avenue
   Chicago, IL  60637
   T: 312-702-1234   [general offices]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original tower clock removed long ago;
   only a few weight pulleys remain.
   Rehung higher in the tower as a chime
   when a new ring was installed in 2023.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1908
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: LnHnR 
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 18 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   32 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  32 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   5%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The ringers have a Website and a Facebook page.

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 chimes by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL, including the newer 10-bell ring in the same belfry.

   This page was built from the database on 23-Jul-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/07/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/07/17