*Location:

   Northwest tower
   St.Clare of Assisi Catholic Church
   Seven Farms Drive at Etiwan Park Street
   Daniel Island,
     Charleston, South Carolina, USA
   LL: N 32.85732, W 79.91460

Site locator map
NOTE:  As of Sep.2023, Google Maps overhead photography shows only the concrete floor slab of an incomplete building, Google StreetView shows only a grassy field prior to the start of construction, while Google Maps perspective photography shows the exterior of the building complete but landscaping etc. still incomplete.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Clare of Assisi Catholic Church
   225 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 100
   Daniel Island, SC  29492
   T: 843-471-2121
   E: info@clare.church

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Installation by ChristophPaccard.
   Building completion expected by early
   2023.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range: (A) C C   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2022
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: OE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

Video (3:18) of the blessing of the bells, with views of casting & installation as well as closeups of some inscriptions.

The church Website has pages devoted to the construction of the new building, but the bells are not mentioned there as of 14 Sep 2022.

A News article (Sep.2022) about construction of the church mentions the bells and gives the expected completion date.

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 SC.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Oct-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/10/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/10/03