*Location:

   The Center
   Las Sendas
   East Saddleback Street, southeast of
     Brighton St. (near the 11th fairway)
   Mesa, Arizona, USA
   LL: N 33.48313, W 111.67741

Site locator map is not available for defunct sites.

*Schedule:

   Was: Hour strike at noon.

*Remarks:

   Bells cast in 1995; totally plain
   except for inscription on bass bell.
   Only the lowest 24 notes were playable,
   from 4-octave ivory keyboard with range
   C-C.  Originally, traditional playing
   & practice keyboards were in climate-
   controlled storage awaiting construc-
   tion of a final tower; they were later
   returned to Verdin.  Tower moved twice
   since original installation.
   June 2010: 22 of the 24 non-electrified
   bells missing, presumed stolen.
   2025: dismantled; remaining bells sold
   to McShane, who also acquired the
   practice keyboard from Verdin.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G G 24/    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1996
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EQ4H  
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    2 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   7 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1931

The Las Sendas Golf Club Website doesn't say anything about the carillon, but some of the photographs show the kind of country in which it is located.  (The Las Sendas community is focused on the golf course.)  The bell tower is located near the 11th tee; formerly there was a course map which showed the relationship of all holes to surrounding streets.

Here is a photo (85 KB) of the original "temporary" bell tower, which was a steel framework clad in wood.

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 AZ.

   This page was built from the database on 29-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/03/31