The Niederlander Carillon *Location: Calvary Episcopal Church Milton Street at South Cayuga Road Williamsville, New York, USA LL: N 42.96015, W 78.74682
*Carillonist: (unknown)*Former carillonists: 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 *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 Transposition is up one octave Keyboard range: C G / C G 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*Links:
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