*Location:

   Fountain Street Church (non-denom.)
     (was Fountain Street Baptist Church)
   Fountain Street at Bostwick Avenue NE
   Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.96521, W 85.66713

Site locator map

*Contact:

   Fountain Street Church
   24 Fountain Street NE
   Grand Rapids, MI  49503-3191
   T: 616-459-8386   F: 616-459-4809
   E: office@fountainstreet.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   First 6 bells (all swinging) replaced
   a 14-tube Deagan tower chime installed
   in 1923 by Roy Lofink (see -F/1);
   notes E,F#,A,B,C#,E; added G#,D#.
   2025: Tower repaired, bells restored
   to full operation

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are no added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1978
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   Prior history:
     In 1976, the instrument was begun with  6 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen   
       The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
         was non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W6I   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

The church Website has a photo of the building on the Location page, but says nothing about the bells.

News article (late 2024) about raising money to fix the bell tower

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Mar-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/03/03