CINCINNATI - STJ : USA - OH

   Willenborg Carillon

*Location:

   St.John's Westminster Union Church
   (was St.John's United Church of Christ)
   Neeb Road at Treeview Drive
   Delhi Township
   Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 39.11561, W 84.63702

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*Player:

   (none; disused)

*Contact:

   St.John/Westminster Church
   1085 Neeb Road
   Cincinnati, OH  45233
   T: (513)922-2703
   E: garth@sjwuc.org

*Schedule:

   (none; needs repairs)

*Remarks:

   Has portable keyboard in addition to
   organ connection.
   St.John's UCC (Delhi) merged with
   Westminster Presbyterian (Covedale)
   in Jan.2002.  The union church uses the
   facilities of St.John's UCC.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1967
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the History page (under About Our Church); see St.John's UCC history for information, including use of these bells at the groundbreaking ceremony for the building on which they were eventually installed.

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 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 tower bell instruments in OH.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 28-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/07/06

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