*Location:

   Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church
     (SBC)
   West Kirksey Drive at Main Street
   Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
   LL: N 34.16056, W 82.14119

   Dutch Pavilion
   World's Fair
   New York, New York, USA

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*Carillonist:

   Gary Keener
   143 Highland Drive
   Greenwood, SC  29649-8983
   H: 864-229-0274

   1949Jan8 inaug. Kamiel Lefévere  (d.)
   1954-60s Jan Kwist

*Contact:

   Rev. Leland S. Scott, Pastor
   Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church
   509 West Kirksey Drive
   Greenwood, SC  29646-4426
   T: 864-227-2881   F: 864-943-2194
   E: pastor/@/callieself DOTcom
      office/@/callieself DOTcom

*Schedule:

   Autoplay at 09,12,15

*Remarks:

   Church and carillon paid for by
   Greenwood Mills magnate James C. Self
   in memory of his mother;
   dedicated 2 Feb 1941.
   Extensively refurbished in 1990.
   Original also reported as 25 bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C E   
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1948
     with bells made by vanBergen        
   Prior history:
     In 1941, the instrument was begun with 24 bells
       made by vanBergen in 1939       
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: HIE   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986

The home page of the church Website uses a drawing of the tower as an icon, but there is no information about it anywhere.  A photo on the Service Times page shows the top of the tower behind the church.  A ministry page includes a photo of the tower, which is independently viewable here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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 medium carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Why this instrument was a milestone in North American traditional carillon history (1939).

Index to all tower bell instruments in SC.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/20