School of Music Carillon

*Location:

   Music Building Addition
     (or Music Annex)
   Indiana University
   1201 East Third Street
   Bloomington, Indiana, USA
   LL: N 39.16547, W 86.51824

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*Carillonist:

   (none)

   (see BLOOMINGTON-1)

*Contact:

   Office of the Dean
   School of Music
   Indiana University
   Bloomington, IN  47405-2200
   T: (812)855-1583
   E: musicadm@indiana.edu

*Schedule:

   (not regularly played)

*Remarks:

   Practice console identical to original
   playing console of Bloomington-1.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C C 23
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1971
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

The IU/Bloomington Website has an excellent campus map; it would be superb if it were linked to building photos and descriptions.  Look for the "Music Building Addition" rather than "Music Annex".
There is a short page about the Music Addition carillon, with a photo of the bells.

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

Other medium carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in IN.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IN, including another carillon (BLOOMINGTON - 1) and a chime which are also on this campus.

   This page was built from the database on  6-Feb-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/01/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

(none available)