CARBON CITY : USA - AR

*Location:

   St.Ann Bell Tower
   Cowie Family Chapel
   Cowie Wine Cellars
   North Carbon City Road at Ark.Hwy.22
   Carbon City, Arkansas, USA
   LL: N 35.2986, W 93.7924

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*Contact:

   Cowie Wine Cellars
   101 North Carbon City Road
   Paris, AR  72855
   T: (479)963-3990
   E: cowie@cswnet.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   A collection of American-made cast
   steel bells, 14" to 54" diameter; 9 now
   hung, with others to be added after
   main tower is extended upward.

*Technical data:

   A ringable collection of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is not applicable
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Installation was completed in 2010
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

*Links:

The vintner's Website offers an audio clip of some bells ringing.

Being a collection, this site is not indexed by foundry, size or weight.
However, the collection includes bells from the following makers:
-   American Bell Foundry Co. (1) - Northville, MI
-   C.S.Bell & Co. (1+), The C.S.Bell Co. (3+) - Hillsboro, OH
-   Cincinnati Bell Foundry Co. (2+); Blymyer, Norton & Co. (2+) - Cincinnati, OH
-   Fredericktown Bell Foundry Co. (1) - Fredericktown, OH
-   Gould's M'f'g Co. (1+) - Seneca Falls, NY
-   Ross Meehan Foundry Co., 1921 (1) - Chattanooga, TN

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all collections of tower bells.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AR.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 13-Oct-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/10/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/04/30

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