Centralia Carillon Bell - Centralia, Illinois
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paulspaper
N 38° 31.672 W 089° 07.897
16S E 314189 N 4266539
The Centralia Carillon is located in the middle of this central Illinois town. The tower is clearly visible as you travel through town.
Waymark Code: WM5NQ0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2009
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From their website (http://www.centralia-carillon.org/): The Centralia Carillon momentarily ranks the eight largest in the world, consisting of 65 bells that were cast in Annecy, France, in 1982 and 1983 by the Paccard Fonderie de Cloches.
The Bourdon bell, Great Tom (see picture), pitched G, has a weight of 11,000 pounds and a diameter of 79.5 inches. The smallest bell pitched C weighs 20 pounds with a diameter of 8 inches. The total bell weight is 61,312 pounds making it one of the heaviest instruments in the world.
In 1992 a five and a half octave "North American Standard" practice keyboard was installed. The keyboard is located in the lobby of the tower and is throughout available to the resident Carillonist and guest Carillonists.
In 1997 the Verdin Company installed a "North American Standard" keyboard with the disposition G-A- chromatic to C5 covering five and a half octaves. In 2001 the installation of a newly designed transmission system was completed.