*Location:

   Dean B. Ellis Library
   Arkansas State University
   within the loop of Aggie Road,
     Marshall and North Caraway Road
   Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
   LL: N 35.84107, W 90.67932

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*Player:

   Mrs. Ellen Philpot,
      Adjunct Instructor of Music
   E: mephilpot@aol.com

*Contact:

   Department of Music
   Arkansas State University
   Jonesboro, AR
   T: 870-972-2100 (switchboard)
   - or -
   Dr.Timothy Crist, Professor of
     Theory and Composition
   T: 870-680-8441
   E: tcrist@astate.edu
   Fine Arts Center 206

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters
   0800-2000, hour strike at the octave;
   automatic play daily at 0800,1200,1700

*Remarks:

   First four bells installed 1994.
   Space for expansion to 48 bells.
   2026: new electric controls and
   some new strikers.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2003
     with bells made by Paccard
   Auxiliary mechanisms: I     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

The university Website has a tiny photo of the tower on the library server.  There is a description of the instrument and a news release about its dedication (including a list of memorials and tributes); in both of these pages, the photos (which appear to be small but are actually huge) can be re-opened independently to see more detail.
News article (Aug.2026) about the recent repairs, with photo of bells in frame

A virtual tour of the main quadrangle shows the bell tower on the library, but does not work on all Web browsers.

A news article (11 May 2026) reports the starting of restoration of the bell tower and clock.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 AR.

   This page was built from the database on  3-Sep-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/09/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/07/24