HATO REY : PUERTO RICO

*Location:

   Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
   (Universidad Politécnica de P.R.)
   Calle Alhambra (nr Av. Ponce de León)
   Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
   LL: N 18.42290, W 66.05591

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page (San Juan)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   UPPR
   *parcel:
     377 Avenue Ponce de León
     San Juan, PR  00918
   *postal:
     PO Box 192017
     San Juan, PR  00919-2017
   T: (787)622-8000   F: (787)763-8919
   E: get_info@pupr.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Space below frame for addition of
   baton keyboard.
   Bells cast 1980; originally in
   MECHANICSBURG - 3,  USA - PA 

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1992
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The University's home page sometimes includes a picture of the bell tower and/or an aerial view of the campus.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all non-traditional carillons in Puerto Rico.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Puerto Rico.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 19-Sep-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/09/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/12

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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