CUMBERLAND - ACC : USA - MD

*Location:

   Allegany College of Maryland
   (was Allegany Community College)
   Main Campus, near College Center
   Willowbrook Road
   Cumberland, Maryland, USA
   LL: N 39.65242, W 78.72978

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*Contact:

   Allegany Community College
   Attn: Bell Tower
   12401 Willowbrook Road, SE
   Cumberland, MD  21502-2596
   T: (301)784-5005
   E: infocenter@allegany.edu

*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1968
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

On the Website of Allegany College of Maryland, see the Cumberland Campus Map -- the freestanding bell tower is located at the southeast corner of the College Center (marked "C"), although it's not shown.

A photo (37KB) of the clock 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 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 MD.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/02/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/04/09

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