Martin Roth Carillon

*Location:

   Annunciation Catholic Church
   Massachusetts Avenue & 39th Street NW
   Washington, D.C., USA
   LL: N 38.93020, W 77.07616

   12 steps to console, plus 18 to
   belfry level

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*Carillonist:

   Matthew Deigan
   E: rf.deigan/@/verizon DOTnet

   22Je2025 ded. Jesse Ratcliffe

*Contact:

   Annunciation Catholic Church
   3810 Massachusetts Avenue NW
   Washington, DC  20016
   T: 202-362-3323   F: 202-237-0652
   E: parish@annunciationdc.org
   - or -
   Frank Conlon, Music Minister
   E: frankconlon@comcast.net

*Schedule:

   5 minutes before all masses (Mon-Fri
   0800, Wed 1730, Sat 0900, Sun 8,10,12;
   recitals Sunday 1pm

*Remarks:

   Bells installed in May 2023, with
   frame and transmission by McShane.
   3-octave baton keyboard (by Taylor)
   installed Sep.2023, with bells
   connected to manual A-A and pedal A-F,
   because contractor error in providing
   transmission holes from the belfry
   (atop an elevator shaft) prevented
   customary alignment of the keyboard
   with transmission wires; unused keys
   removed to permit use of locking bars.
   2025: transmission alignment changed
   and key & pedal layouts changed to
   center manual C-C and pedal C-C within
   the 3-octave console.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 2022
     with bells made by Taylor           
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EI    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  3 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    7 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   9 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  70%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The church Website does not yet mention these bells, but the capital campaign page has a drawing that shows a belfry atop the new elevator shaft.

The church has a Facebook presence, and a posting from 19 May 2023 has a photo of installation of the bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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Index to all traditional carillons in DC.

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   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/26