*Location:

   Norfolk County War Memorial
   Norfolk Street (Hwy.24)
     at Wilson Avenue
   Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 42.84118, W 80.30536

   Vickers Research Building
   Palace of Engineering
   British Empire Exhibition
   Wembley, England

Site locator map

*Carillonist:

   Jim Nicholls
   c/o Norfolk County
   60 Colborne Street South
   Simcoe, ONT  N3Y 4H3
   H: 519-428-3643
   E: jjrnicholls/@/simcom DOTon DOTca

   1924 Percival Price
   1926 Kamiel Lefevere
   1925-43 Henri Sohier
   1943-69 Herman Dreher   (d.)
   1969-75 Angus MacLeod
   1975-97 June Somerville
   1997-2007 Judith Stewart

*Contact:

   Margaret Dryden
   Community Services Department
   Corporation of the Town of Simcoe
   50 Colborne Street South
   P.O.Box 545
   Simcoe, ON  N3Y 4N5
   T: 519-426-5870

*Schedule:

   Sundays at 4 pm, mid-May to mid-Sep.

*Remarks:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters from
   G&J tower clock (electrically wound;
   manually disengaged for recitals);
   G&J pneumatic roll player mechanism
   not functional (compressor removed).
   Renovated by Verdin in 2001.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 11
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1925
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston in 1924
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nP    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

A tower sketch and brief description appear on a Website about War Memorials in Canada.  A movie clip is available there.  Alternate URL

Photos provided by Tony Hill:

• Tower (14KB)
• Dedicatory tympanum over entry door (17KB)
• Memorial plaque (28KB)

Waymarking page, with 5 photos in gallery

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston 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 ON.

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/07/26