AUGUSTA - CP : USA - GA

*Location:

   Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   Walton Way at Aumond Road
   Augusta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.48341, W 82.05517
Site locator map

*Player:

   Lyn M. Patterson, Director of Music
   E: lpatterson/@/covenantaugusta DOTorg

*Contact:

   Covenant Presbyterian Church
   3131 Walton Way Ext
   Augusta, GA  30909-3266
   T: 706-733-0513   F: 706-738-8938
   E: info@covenantaugusta.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Some bells installed as early as 1987.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 31 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range: (G) C G   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 2003, the instrument was begun with 24 bells
       by Paccard     
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013
*Links:

The church Website has no photo of the building and says nothing about its history or these bells.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 GA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/03/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/06/07
*Photos:

(none available)

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