*Location:

   The September 11th Memorial Plaza
   California Exposition & State Fair
   Exposition Boulevard near Hwy.I-80
   Sacramento, California, USA
   LL: N 38.59296, W 121.43578

Site locator map

*Contact:

   California State Fair Memorial Plaza
     Foundation
   - or -
   California Exposition & State Fair
     (CalExpo)
   1600 Exposition Boulevard
   Sacramento, CA  95815-5104
   T: 916-263-3000  or  877-CALEXPO
   E: Webform @ calexpo.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Instrument is a near-twin to that of
   Gettysburg College.  Each bell is
   inscribed "Let Freedom Ring".

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     D#D#  /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2003
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

A news article about this installation formerly had video clip (0:52).

A description of the memorial plaza has a photo that shows some of the bells, and a video of the history of the memorial, which includes clips of the bells..

The former home page of The September 11th Memorial Plaza Foundation, also known as The California State Fair Memorial Plaza Foundation; it ceased to exist in 2009, but has been archived.  Parts of this Website will be inaccessible to some Web browsers, because the pull-out menus in the left border are not reproduced elsewhere.  Relevant pages and photos:
 -  Photos of The Carillon Bell Tower
 -  Aerial view of Memorial Plaza
 -  Map of the State Fair, showing the location of this Memorial

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 pitch (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 CA.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Oct-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/08/27