The Niederlander Carillon

*Location:

   Calvary Episcopal Church
   Milton Street at South Cayuga Road
   Williamsville, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.96015, W 78.74682

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

   1977-2020 Gloria R. Werblow,   (C;d.)
               Carillonneur Emerita
   2020-202x Kevin Durkin

*Contact:

   Calvary Episcopal Church
   20 Milton Street
   Williamsville, NY  14221-6704
   T: 716-633-7800
   E: general/@/calvaryepiscopal DOTnet
   - or -
   Roland Martin, Organist/Ghoirmaster
   E: roland.martin/@/calvaryepiscopal.net

*Schedule:

   Wednesday 7pm in summer (guests).

*Remarks:

   Original bells from Heiligerlee
   foundry; later ones from Greenwood.
   P&F added 7, replaced 2 Heiligerlee &
   6 Greenwood bells.  Meeks & Watson
   replaced 2 more Greenwood bells,
   retuned all remaining Greenwood bells
   and four of the Heiligerlee bells, and
   replaced clappers of all except the
   11 un-retuned basses (7 Heiligerlee
   and 4 Greenwood).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 44 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C G   
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   2 bells were replaced in 1996
     by Meeks,Watson 
   Prior history:
     In 1995, the instrument was enlarged to 44 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (13 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1966, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
       by vanBergen       
       (16 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C E   
     In 1959, the instrument was begun with 15 bells
       by vanBergen       
       (13 bells remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     ----37/    ----  
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

The church Website has a photo of the tower and a mention of the carillon on the home page.  The carillon is described on the choir page (under Ministries / Music), though the latest work is not mentioned there.

The FindAGrave memorial page for Gloria Werblow (1938-2022) has her obituary.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third 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 Meeks & Watson bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
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Other medium carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in NY.

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   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/05/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/03/18