*Location:
City & County Building Civic Center West Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street Denver, Colorado, USA LL: N 39.73925, W 104.99125
*Player:
Norman Lane
*Contact:
City & County Building 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202-5337 T: (303)640-5555 E: MileHighMayor@ci.denver.co.us
*Schedule:
Daily at 1930 for two weeks before Christmas
*Remarks:
First four bells supplied in 1932 as a "Westminster peal", including the present bourdon. Keyboard on fifth floor (bells inaudible here).
*Technical data:
Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
The whole instrument was installed in 1950
with bells made by Meneely/Troy (except for 4 from 1932)
Year of latest technical information source is 2001
*Links:
News article on a new tune composed for use on special events, with two photos of bells in the belfry.
An old postcard shows the building nicely.
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the
Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the
Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.
Index to all tower bell instruments in CO.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11 based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/20 and on technical data last updated on 2002/02/11
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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