*Location:

   Carter Carillon Tower
   Southern Utah University
   West University Boulevard
   Cedar City, Utah, USA
   LL: N 37.6761, W 113.0689

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Southern Utah University
   351 West University Boulevard
   Cedar City, UT  84720
   T: (435)586-7700

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Installed Oct.2007 by Verdin and
   Vanbergen; tower completed Feb.2008;
   keyboard in Teacher Education Building.
   Report of bells originating from
   Austria is incorrect.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 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 is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2007
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

On the university Website there is a downloadable PDF (one page) about the then-proposed carillon project.  The Contact Us page has a photo of the completed tower.

News article (Oct.15,2007), installation of SUU bells starting; photo of tower framework
News article announcing the name of the Carter Carillon; with video clip.

A Waymarking page for these bells has 4 photos, including the tower and the nameplate.

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 UT.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Nov-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/10/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/10/23