Harry A. & Mariah H. Seabrook and
     Thomas Family Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
   Fairmount Boulevard at Coventry Road
   Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 41.49567, W 81.58125

Site locator map

*Carillonist:

   David H. Osburn, Jr.   (A)
   1655 Elmwood Avenue
   Lakewood, OH  44107-4001
   E: DrDHOJr@mindspring.com
   - and -
   Kieran Cantilena

   19??-90 Louis Brown

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
   2747 Fairmount Boulevard
   Cleveland Heights, OH  44106-3696
   T: 216-932-5815

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original frame installed with space for
   23; first bells numbered as if
   basses of a 23-bell carillon;
   Depression prevented completion as
   intended.  First expansion cast and
   dedicated in 1953; second expansion
   cast in 1953, installed in 1954.
   Final expansion by Sunderlin.
   Original baton chime keyboard remains
   in tower.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 2023
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1953, the instrument was enlarged to 25 bells
       by vanBergen   
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    C C   
     In 1952, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells
       by vanBergen   
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C C   
     In 1929, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    NONE  
       There were no added semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 22 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   28 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  __ meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  60%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The church Website has a picture of the tower on its home page, and several more on the Photo Tour of the exterior. The carillon is briefly mentioned on this tour.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston 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 vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sunderlin bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Other small carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in OH.

Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/03/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/03/28