*Location:

   Graham Bell Tower
   Coastal Carolina University
   Chanticleer Drive East
   Conway, South Carolina, USA
   LL: N 33.79519, W 79.00928

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Coastal Carolina University
   PO Box 261954
   Conway, SC  29528-6054
   T: 843-347-3161
   E: pgwaltney@coastal.edu  [Music Dept]

*Schedule:

   Hour strike

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2004
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    6 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   8 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

CCU article about the tower

A news article about the University has a photo showing a 3-level bell & clock tower with 25 bells in the open center level.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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 26-May-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/05/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/05/25