*Location:

   James A. Burran Bell Tower
   Dalton State College
   College Drive
   Dalton, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 34.77505, W 85.00336

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Dalton State College
   650 College Drive
   Dalton, GA  30720
   T: 706-272-4436  F: 706-272-2530
   E: admissions@daltonstate.edu

*Schedule:

   Westminster quarters tune at the hour,
   8am-8pm

*Remarks:

   Tower construction began June 2008;
   dedication 1 May 2009.
   Reports of 24 bells are in error.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2008
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  90%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

The college Website has news articles about the planned bell tower; at least one has a drawing of the tower.  (Use the search facility there.)

A heritage article about the tower has four large photos, one of which shows the installation of the bells as a pre-assembled unit.

A news article from 2010 has a photo that shows the completed tower.

An outside news article

Where 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 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 GA.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/16