*Location:

   Penn State Fayette, The Eberle Campus
   University Drive (US-119)
   Lemont Furnace (Fayette),
     Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 39.94575, W 79.65816

Site locator map

*Contact:

   Office of the Regional Chancellor
   Penn State University
   2201 University Drive
   Lemont Furnace, PA  15456
   T: 724-430-4100
   E: mnagel@psu.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Erected to celebrate the 40th anniver-
   sary of this campus.
   Restored by Verdin in 2023.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 19 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2005
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Auxiliary mechanisms: Q4H   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

The Campus Website barely mentions these bells, except for an article on 20 years of the Carillon Tower.

Youtube video of the Westminster half-hour strike

Gallery with a video clip (0:13) of the tower and 2 drone photos, one showing showing a tiny Paccard mark in the waistband

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/30