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MECHANICSBURG - 4 : USA - PA

   Fourth carillon

*Location:

   John P. Hall Estate
   Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Site locator map is not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Never installed.  Sold in 1992; the
   heaviest 11 bells went to NASHVILLE -
   BU, the lightest 5 to John Courter
   at BEREA, and the middle 7 to Larry
   Weinstein, who donated them to DAYTON
   for expansion.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

More information about this defunct site may be available on the page of North American sites that are no more.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Jul-25
   based on textual data last updated on 1992/07/17
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17
*Photos:

(none available)

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