BUIES CREEK : USA - NC

*Location:

   Dinah E. Gore Bell Tower
   Butler Chapel
   Campbell University
   T T Lanier Street near Judge Taylor Rd
   Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.4087, W 78.7406

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Campbell University
   PO Box 567
   Buies Creek, NC 27506
   T: (800)334-4111
   E: (Webform @ campbell.edu)
   - or -
   Butler Chapel
   60 T.T.Lanier Street
   Buies Creek, NC  27506
   E: jones@campbell.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bass note and range estimated from
   description; 4 largest ring Cambridge
   (Westminster) quarters and also swing.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range: (G )C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2009
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

*Links:

Where 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 NC.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 20-Feb-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/02/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/02/20

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