*Location:

   Family Fare
   (formerly Glen's Markets)
   Alpine Village
   829 West Main Street
   Gaylord, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 45.02603, W 84.68431

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*Player:

   (None; rarely played by hand)

*Contact:

   Family Fare
   Alpine Village
   829 West Main Street
   Gaylord, MI  49735-1998
   T: 989-731-3222

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters,
   with hour strike at the fifth
   followed by tunes accompanying dancing
   girl and waving boy (automatically
   disabled in bad weather).

*Remarks:

   Glockenspiel; 4 sets of costumes made
   locally and changed seasonally.
   4-octave keyboard, with middle two
   octaves usable; very long cord.
   2025: Animation infrequent

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1992
     with bells made by Petit+Fritsen    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: I     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  4 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    9 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   9 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

The Website of the Family Fare chain has only contact information for this store.

THE city'S Website for visitors does not mention this glockenspiel as an attraction.

A tourist's Facebook page has a 30-second video showing both of the animated figures.

Photo and brief description from Glockenspiel USA.

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

Index to all glockenspiels in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

   This page was built from the database on 29-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/08/05