Houghton Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Chapel of St.Peter and St.Paul
   St.Paul's School
   Old Dunbarton Road
     near Old Hopkinton Road
   Concord, New Hampshire, USA
   LL: N 43.19481, W 71.57691

Site locator map
Google StreetView has unfortunately not traveled the campus roads, and the numerous contributed photos on campus seem to be entirely of interiors.

*Carillonist:

   Student Carillon Guild

*Contact:

   St.Paul's School
   325 Pleasant Street
   Concord, NH  03301-2591
   - or -
   Rev.Charles Wynder, Jr.,
     Dean of Chapel
   T: 603-229-4707
   E: cwynder@sps.edu
   - or -
   Nicholas White, Director of Chapel
     Music and School Organist
   T: 602-229-4645
   E: nwhite@sps.edu

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.

*Remarks:

   Bourdon originally reported as E,
   but is F by modern standards.
   Electropneumatic autoplay through the
   playing console, by ChimeMaster.

   f1, diam?, 2308#, 1933, G&J 

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1933
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The school Website has a page about the two chapels, which includes a photo of the building; formerly it also had a section about the carillon.  Part of the chapel can also be seen in an aerial photo on the home page.  Elsewhere, the carillon is only mentioned anywhere in two news articles. 
Another aerial view can be found on the Visitors page.
A campus map is available from the Visitor Center main page.
More photos of the building can be found on the Chapel Program page.
The virtual 3D tour of the Chapel of St.Peter and St.Paul is quite splendid, though unfortunately it does not ascend the tower.

The Facebook presence of the carillonneurs has not been updated since 2016.  But it has some interesting videos and photos.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by year of completion.

Other small carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in NH.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NH.

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