*Location:

   Chimes Tower
   Longwood Gardens
   U.S. Highway 1 at Penn. Route 52
     (or 1001 Longwood Road)
   Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 39.86995, W 75.67746

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*Carillonist:

   (guests)

*Contact:

   Longwood Gardens   (S)
   Attn: Emily Moody
   *parcel:
     1001 Longwood Road
     Kennett Square, PA  19348
   *postal:
     PO Box 501
     Kennett Square, PA  19348-0501
   T: 610-388-1000
   E: EMoody@longwoodgardens.org
   - or -
   Scott Hummel, Resident Instrument
     Assistant
   E: SHummel@longwoodgardens.org

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters; hour
   strike followed by auto tunes.
   Live performances on select Friday
   evenings in spring, summer & fall; also
   special events.

*Remarks:

   Dedicated Memorial Day, 2001; bass B
   key and pedal are present and sprung.
   The bell replaced in 2004 (F, 70 lbs)
   is on display in the tower, and can be
   tapped by visitors.
   Practice keyboard, in another building,
   can be used to record for the
   automatic system.
   The tower name is derived from its
   original contents: a 25-note Deagan
   tubular chime (from 1930 to 1956).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 62 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C 63/    A#C 27
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 2004
     by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 2001, the complete instrument of 62 bells was installed
       with bells made by Eijsbouts   
       (61 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E62Q4H
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 13 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   17 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  19 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  85%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

On the Longwood Gardens Website (newly reorganized in 2023), there is a new section of three or four pages about the carillon, including a history of the Chimes Tower.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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 concert class carillons by year of completion.

Other concert carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in PA.

Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/06
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/11/25