CHARLOTTE - FMB : USA - NC

*Location:

   Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
   Beatties Ford Road at McAllister Drive
   Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.28016, W 80.85600
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*Contact:

   Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
   3400 Beatties Ford Road
   Charlotte, NC  28216-3740
   T: 704-392-0392
   E: Webform @ friendshipcharlotte.org
   - or -
   Frank McGinns, Director of Music and Arts
   T: 704-391-8618
   E: fmcginnis/@/friendshipcharlotte DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Peal of 5 bells by Paccard, cast 2005
   and installed April 2006;
   sub-bourdon G 11,200 lbs plus C,F,G,A.
   Addition of 43 bells (with electric
   action) is planned.
*Bourdon:
   G, , 11200 lb, 2005, Paccard

*Technical data:

   Clock-chime with quarters of  5 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2006
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Auxiliary mechanisms: H     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008
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*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 25-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/08/18
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/01/15
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