*Location:

   Salmon Run Bell Tower
   Esther Short Park
   West 6th and Columbia Streets
   Vancouver, Washington, USA
   LL: N 45.62586, W 122.67434

Site locator map

*Contact:

   Vancouver Parks & Recreation
   *parcel:
     City Hall
     415 West Sixth Street
     Vancouver, WA  98660
   *postal:
     PO Box 1995
     Vancouver, WA  98668-1995
   T: 360-487-8311
   E: parksrecculture@cityofvancouver.us

*Schedule:

   Bells ring hourly from 8am to 8pm;
   glockenspiel operates at 12,2,4,8pm.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2002
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

City page on the restoration project and the history of the tower

A news article (19Je'24) on restoration of the tower is paywalled, but the gallery of six large photos is viewable.

A travel blog from The Oregonian newspaper describes and pictures the Salmon Run Bell Tower and Glockenspiel.

A City of Vancouver press release opens with a large photo of the back side of the Salmon Run Bell Tower.

A Waymarking page for these bells has 5 photos of the tower.
Description and tower photo (clickable for larger version)

Stock photo of belfry; scroll down for photos showing more of the tower.

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

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

Index to all glockenspiels in the world.

Index to all tower bell instruments in WA.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/10/23