Hopeman Memorial Carillon *Location: Rush Rhees Library River Campus University of Rochester Library Road Rochester, New York, USA LL: N 43.12858, W 77.62847
*Carillonist: Doris Aman, (A) Director of Carillon Activities B-314 Dewey Hall E: doris.aman@gmail.com*Past carillonists: 1973-89 David T. Caldwell (C) 1995-2003 Daniel Harrison 2006-08 Tiffany Ng (C) *Contact: James Warlick Music Performance Programs 1-339 Dewey Hall River Campus Station Rochester, NY 14627-0052 T: (585)273-5157 E: j.warlick@ur.rochester.edu jwarlick@ur.rochester.edu - or - River Campus Music Department Department of Music University of Rochester 1-339 Dewey Hall P.O. Box 270052 Rochester, NY 14627-0052 - or - Rush Rhees Library University of Rochester 755 River Road Rochester, NY 14627-0055 T: (585)275-4461 *Schedule: Summer series: 7pm Mon in July (guests) *Remarks: 1973: The 6 smallest Meneely bells went to Christ Church, 141 East Avenue, Rochester, together with an Eijsbouts treble (total 7). The remainder of the old bells were cut up in the tower for removal, and scrapped. Practice console in Spurrier Hall. 2017: rehung by M&W, with new clappers *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 50 bells Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A# in the middle octave Transposition is up one octave Keyboard range: C C 48/(G) A#C 26 There are two missing bass semitones There is an identical practice console The whole instrument was installed in 1973 with bells made by Eijsbouts Prior history: In 1956, the instrument was enlarged to 19 bells with bells made by Petit & Fritsen (0 bells remain from that work.) In 1930, the instrument was begun with 17 bells by Meneely/Wvlt (0 bells remain from that work.) Auxiliary mechanisms: E Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1973
This page was built from the database on 17-Apr-20 based on textual data last updated on 2020/04/15 and on technical data last updated on 1976/12/31 |
*Photos: (none available) |
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
[TowerBells Home Page] [Site data top page] [Credits and Disclaimers] [Feedback]
Please send comments or questions about this page to csz_stl@swbell.net.