*Location: Holy Trinity Church (Episcopal) Walnut Street at Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA LL: N 39.95031, W 75.17293
*Carillonist: Lisa J. Lonie (C) 1391 Walton Road Blue Bell, PA 19422-2138 H: (215)283-3223 W: (215)780-1280 F: (215)780-1289 E: LLonie@hotmail.com*Past carillonists: 1900-45 Charles Bancroft *Contact: Dr.John H. French Holy Trinity Church 1904 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-5733 T: (215)567-1267 F: (215)567-3766 E: office@htrit.org *Schedule: Automatic play daily at noon and 6pm *Remarks: Bells cast in 1882 by S.van Aerschodt, Louvain, Belgium. Original baton keyboard and mechanism were in ruins for many years; that keyboard is now in Verdin Bell Museum, Cincinnati. Schulmerich electrified 16 bells in 1955. Total renovation by Verdin in 2000, with new manual keyboard first played in April 2001. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 25 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave Transposition is up 2 semitone(s) Keyboard range: C D / C C 11 There are two missing bass semitones There is an identical practice console The present keyboard was installed in 2000 by the maker cited in Remarks above Prior history: In 1883, the complete instrument of 25 bells was installed with bells made by vanAerschodt Auxiliary mechanisms: nI Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2022
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