Stephen Foster Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
     State Park
   U.S.Highway 41 North
   White Sulphur Springs
     (now White Springs), Florida, USA
   LL: N 30.33192, W 82.76870

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Stephen Foster FCC State Park
   *parcel:
     11016 Lillian Saunders Drive
     White Springs, FL  32096-0435
   *postal:
     P.O.Drawer G
     White Springs, FL  32096-0435
   T: 904-397-2733   F: 904-397-4262

*Schedule:

   Park open 8am to sundown daily;
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters;
   automatic music at 10, 12, 2, 4.

*Remarks:

   The last and largest tower tube instru-
   ment made by Deagan, installed by
   C.J.Gercken.  Three parallel sets of 32
   tubes plus a fourth treble tube
   (total 97), all rung synchronously
   (though each set can be turned on/off
   individually).  One set restored by
   W.T.Pugh 1992-3, others by park
   rangers following his example.
   (Williamson-Warne restored one set of
   original relays.)
   c2020: Major electrical event destroyed
   much of the control system.
   2024: Verdin provided new controls and
   strikers for one set of tubes; others
   inoperative.
   Park located on the Suwanee River.

   c1, 12.5ft long, 426 lbs

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 32 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1957
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
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About the White Sulfur Spring

Map of the Suwanee River and history of the Stephen Foster connection

Waymarking page, with one photo of the tower

Video (5:16)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in FL.
Index to all tower bell instruments in FL.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/01/15