PIGEON FORGE : USA - TN

*Location:

   Grand Lobby
   The Inn at Christmas Place
   Christmas Tree Lane
   Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
   LL: N 35.80952, W 83.57727

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*Contact:

   The Inn at Christmas Place
   *parcel:
     119 Christmas Tree Lane
     Pigeon Forge, TN  37863
   *postal:
     PO Box 130
     Pigeon Forge, TN  37863-0130
   T: 1-888-HOLY-NIGHT
   E: reservations@christmasplace.com

*Schedule:

   Hourly automatic play

*Remarks:

   14-note chime plus 24-inch hour bell

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2007
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

On the Inn's Website, take the Visual Tour, "lobbies" tab, and go to slides 3 and 4 to see the glockenspiel.

Photo of the bells

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 TN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/09/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/11/13

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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