*Location:

   Christ Church (Episcopal)
   Christ Church Lane
   (Grosse Pointe Boulevard
     at Edgemere Road)
   Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.39124, W 82.90038

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*Carillonist:

   Scott Hanoian, Director of Music
   - and -
   Richard Gibson

*Contact:

   Christ Church
   61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard
   Grosse Pointe Farms, MI  48236-3712
   T: 313-885-4841   F: 313-885-7019

*Schedule:

   Before and after Sunday services.

*Remarks:

   Original 3-octave G&J console totally
   renovated by R.Watson in 1984.
   Practice keyboard by Taylor.
   For many years, the 1938 enlargement was
   incorrectly reported as 9 bells, for
   a total of 32 [equally incorrect].

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 11
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1988
     with  5 bells made by Taylor       
   Prior history:
     In 1938, the instrument was enlarged to 30 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       (7 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     C G 35/    C C 11
     In 1935, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C 35/    C C 11
       Transposition was up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 11 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   14 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  18 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  20%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

The church Website has a small photo of the building on the home page, and another on the History page.  But there is no information about the carillon.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Other medium carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in MI.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/07/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/31