*Location:

   Myers Park Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   Oxford Place at Hampton Avenue
   Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.19356, W 80.82641

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*Carillonist:

   Tammy Bucy, head carillonist
   E: tbbucy@gmail.com
   - and -
   Debi Price
   E: bunnypatch75@hotmail.com
   - and -
   Amy House
   - and -
   Susan Bliss

*Contact:

   Myers Park Presbyterian Church
   2501 Oxford Place
     Charlotte, NC  28207
   T: 704-376-3695   F: 704-334-0352
   - or -
   Lee Northcutt, Director of Music
   T: 704-927-1253
   E: lnorthcutt@myersparkpres.org

*Schedule:

   Before and after worship services;
   also weddings and funerals

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 27 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C C   
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1997
     with bells made by Taylor       
   Prior history:
     In 1985, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Taylor      
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

The church Website has a small photo of the building in the upper left corner of each page, but no information about the carillon.  (Don't be misled by the name of the church newsletter.)

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

Index to all traditional carillons in NC.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NC.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2018/10/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2015/07/25