*Location:

   Lale Özgörkey Bell Tower
   Lupton Hall
   Oglethorpe University
   Peachtree Road NE near Lanier Drive
   Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.87419, W 84.33172

Site locator map

*Player:

   James A. Bohart, Professor of Music
   T: 404-364-8397
   E: jbohart@oglethorpe.edu
   W: www.oglethorpe.edu/faculty/~j.bohart/

*Contact:

   Oglethorpe University
   4484 Peachtree Road NE
   Atlanta, GA  30319-2791
   T: 404-261-1441  or  1-800-428-4484
   F: 404-364-8500
   W: www.oglethorpe.edu
   E: [use Web contact form]

*Schedule:

   Chimes quarter hours.
   Played manually for special occasions.

*Remarks:

   First 4 bells (including the bass) were
   supplied by Meneely/Troy in 1922
   as a "Westminster Peal".
   Dual electric keyboards (loud/soft).
   Tower was renamed on 8 Apr 2013.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1973
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1972, the instrument was enlarged to 35 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1929, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy (4 were cast in 1922)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

The university Website might, if you are lucky, display a nice picture of Lupton Hall on the home page.  On the "About OU" page (and many others), the menu block at left contains a small photo showing clearly the open bellframe atop Lupton Hall.
A page about the bells says that the first four were installed in 1919, which does not agree with the bellfoundry's records.  The claim to be the "only cast bronze bell carillon in Georgia" is false, as this is neither the largest nor the heaviest.  That page offers a link to a panoramic photo from within the bell frame; the difference in style and ornamentation between the MT bells (all on the lowest level) and the P&F bells (all on the upper levels) can be clearly seen.

Stock photo of the building (unidentified)
Ditto, a more distant view

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by 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 GA.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/01/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/06/07