*Location: Joy Bells Park Grosse Pointe Boulevard at Moross Road Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA LL: N 42.40815, W 82.88941*Former locations: 1960-1991: (nearby) 1929-1958: Fair Acres (estate of Henry B. Joy)
*Contact: Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation c/o Shane Reeside 90 Kerby Road Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3161 T: 313-885-6600 F: 313-885-0917 E: sreeside@grossepointefarms.org - or - Scott Homminga, Water Superintendent T: 313-343-2328 E: shomminga@grossepointefarms.org *Schedule: Silent during renovation (2011). Every quarter hour from sunrise to sunset (but silent in winter). *Remarks: Originally privately owned, the bells and tower were given to the city in 1958, and have been relocated twice. *Technical data: Mechanical-automatic chime of 15 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown Keyboard range: ---- / ---- Transposition is not applicable The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown. The whole instrument was installed in 1991 with bells made by Paccard in 1929 No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2009*Links:
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