ATLANTA - FC : USA - GA

*Location:

   Fulton County Government Center
   Pryor Street SW near Mitchell Street
   Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.75085, W 84.39166

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*Contact:

   Robert G. Osteen, Asst.Director,
     Building Maintenance
   Suite G-032
   Fulton County Government Center
   141 Pryor Street, S.W.
   Atlanta, GA  30303
   T: (404)224-0523   F: (404)730-7897

*Schedule:

   Unused - clock not reliable, and sound
   interferes with courtrooms across
   the street.  Occasionally used for
   holidays.

*Remarks:

   Bells hang in glass-walled clock tower
   atop west end of pedestrian bridge
   over Pryor Street.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1988
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

A photo (52KB) of the clock tower from the courtyard of the Government Center.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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 GA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17

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