The sites are listed in order by year of installation (unknown first).
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:
trad - carillon with traditional keyboard
trad* - carillon with traditional keyboard now,
but with other mechanism and/or chime size at the date cited
non-trad - carillon with non-traditional mechanism
non-trad* - carillon with non-traditional mechanism,
but with traditional keyboard at the date cited
mech? - carillon with unknown mechanism
chime - chime (any mechanism)
[...] - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
NOTE: This index initially included only installations in the Americas.
It is currently being expanded to have a wider geographic coverage.
ATLANTA - OM : USA - GA 19?? C chime
Ousley Methodist Church
(previous location)
ATLANTA - SS : USA - GA 19?? C chime
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church
BELO HORIZONTE : BRAZIL ???? C trad
Cathedral
BRASILIA : BRAZIL 19?? C chime
Catholic Church
COLUMBIA - STJ : USA - SC 19?? C non-trad
St.Joseph's Catholic Church
GREENWOOD - GBLC : USA - SC 19?? C chime
GBLC Building
(was Greenwood Building and Loan Co.)
HEILIGERLEE - Mobile : NETHERLANDS 1??? C [trad]
Van Bergen's Traveling Carillon
LAWRENCEVILLE : USA - GA 19?? C chime
First Baptist Church
SENECA : USA - SC 19?? C chime
Trinity Baptist Church
UNKNOWN LOCATION : CONGO/ZAIRE 19?? C non-trad
(Unknown)
UNKNOWN LOCATION : RHODESIA 1??? C non-trad
(Unknown)
NEW BRUNSWICK - S : USA - NJ 1938*C non-trad*
Charavay Memorial Carillon
Chapel
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
(Reformed Church in America)
* not installed here until 1940
GREENWOOD - CSMBC : USA - SC 1939*F non-trad*
Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church (SBC)
* not installed here until 1941
WINSCHOTEN : NETHERLANDS 1946 F trad
St.Vitustoren, "Olle Witte"
Ned.Herv.Kerk
BARNEVELD - NH : NETHERLANDS 1948 I trad
Jan van Schaffelaartoren
(or) St.Odulphustoren
Ned.Herv.Kerk
GREENWOOD - CSMBC : USA - SC 1948 E non-trad
Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church (SBC)
HILVARENBEEK : NETHERLANDS 1949 C trad
R.K.Kerk St.Petrus-Banden
(St. Peter in Chains)
NEW YORK - STM : USA - NY 1949 C trad
St.Martin's Episcopal Church
DORDRECHT - G : NETHERLANDS 1951 C (trad)
O.L.V.Toren (Grote Kerk)
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - STP : USA - OH 1952 I trad
Harry A. & Mariah H. Seabrook and
Thomas Family Memorial Carillon
St.Paul's Episcopal Church
QUEZON CITY - UPD : PHILIPPINES 1952 C (trad)
Carillon Tower
University of the Philippines-Diliman
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - STP : USA - OH 1953 E trad
Harry A. & Mariah H. Seabrook and
Thomas Family Memorial Carillon
St.Paul's Episcopal Church
TORONTO - UT : CANADA - ON 1953 I trad
Soldiers' Tower
University of Toronto
LIMA - CC : PERU 1954 C non-trad
Catholic Church
SNEEK : NETHERLANDS 1955 I trad
Sint-Maartenstoren (Martinikerk)
N.H.Kerk (Grote Kerk)
CHARLESTON - C : USA - SC 1955 F trad
The Thomas Dry Howie Carillon
The Citadel (Military College)
NEW YORK - RC : USA - NY 1956 E trad
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon
Riverside Church (interdenominational: ABC/UCC)
BRUXELLES - WF : BELGIUM 1958 C [trad]
World's Fair, 1958
MIDDLEBURY : USA - VT 1959 I trad
Mead Memorial Chapel
Middlebury College
WILLIAMSVILLE : USA - NY 1959 F trad*
The Niederlander Carillon
Calvary Episcopal Church
ANTIGUA : B. W. I. 1960 C chime
Cathedral Church of St.John the Divine (Anglican)
GREENWOOD - VBF : USA - SC 1960 C [mech?]
vanBergen Bellfoundry, Greenwood, SC
ENSCHEDE : NETHERLANDS 1961 C trad
Stadstoren
Groote Kerk (N.H.Kerk)
BIRMINGHAM - FPC : USA - AL 1961 E trad
First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
BELMONT - HC : USA - NC 1961 F non-trad
Lineberger Memorial Carillon
Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter
DENVER - CWC : USA - CO 1961 C trad
Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon
George W. Olinger Memorial Tower
Colorado Women's College
MAPLE HEIGHTS : USA - OH 1961 C non-trad
Lutheran Church of the Covenant (ELCA)
BRONXVILLE - VLC : USA - NY 1963 C non-trad
Wyman Memorial Carillon
Village Lutheran Church (LCMS)
DALLAS - CI : USA - TX 1964 C non-trad
Church of the Incarnation
DAYTON - D : USA - OH 1964 I trad*
Deeds Carillon
Deeds Memorial Tower
Carillon Historical Park
GREENVILLE - WPC : USA - SC 1964 C non-trad
Niven Memorial Carillon
Niven Memorial Tower
Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
READING - SLC : USA - PA 1964 C trad
Bells of Joy
Schwarzwald Lutheran Church (ELCA)
CONCORD - STJ : USA - NC 1966 F non-trad
Blanche Brown Coltrane Memorial Carillon
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St.James
GREENVILLE - FU/2 : USA - SC 1966 C non-trad*
The Burnside Carillon
Furman University [new campus]
WILLIAMSVILLE : USA - NY 1966 I trad
The Niederlander Carillon
Calvary Episcopal Church
CLEMSON - HT : USA - SC 1967 C chime
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
FORT COLLINS : USA - CO 1967 C non-trad
Mary Lee Townsend Memorial Carillon
St.Luke's Episcopal Church
SHERMAN : USA - TX 1967 F trad
Wynne Chapel
Austin College
HEILIGERLEE - VB/1 : NETHERLANDS 1968 C [trad]
Klokkengieterijtoren
Van Bergen N.V.
LOS ANGELES - MC : USA - CA 1968 C non-trad
Music Center of Los Angeles County
WASHINGTON - STL : USA - DC 1969 C non-trad
St.Luke's United Methodist Church
CONCORD - STJ : USA - NC 1970 E non-trad
Blanche Brown Coltrane Memorial Carillon
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St.James
FERRUM : USA - VA 1970 C non-trad
Vaughn Memorial Tower
Ferrum College
(formerly Ferrum Junior College)
GREENWOOD - FBC : USA - SC 1970 F non-trad
First Baptist Church (SBC)
SAINT LOUIS - CS : USA - MO 1971 C trad
Luther Tower
Concordia Seminary
WASHINGTON - TCC : USA - DC 1971 C chime
Third Church of Christ, Scientist
CLINTON : USA - SC 1973 C non-trad
Bailey Memorial Carillon
Bailey Memorial Bell Tower
First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
DAYTON - D : USA - OH 1973 E trad*
Deeds Carillon
Deeds Memorial Tower
Carillon Historical Park
CHERRYVILLE : USA - NC 1974 F non-trad
Beam, Pratt & Brawley Memorial Carillon
First United Methodist Church
GASTONIA - FUMC : USA - NC 1974 C non-trad
First United Methodist Church
GREENWOOD - FBC : USA - SC 1977 E non-trad
First Baptist Church (SBC)
LAURINBURG : USA - NC 1977 C chime
Katherine McKay Belk Bell Tower
St.Andrews Presbyterian College
MISSOULA : USA - MT 1977 C trad
Ellis Tower
Main Hall
University of Montana
SHELBY : USA - NC 1978 C chime
First Baptist Church
The van Bergen family operated a bellfoundry in Midwolda, Netherlands, from 1795 to 1950, and another in Heiligerlee, Netherlands, from 1862 to 1980. The Heiligerlee foundry produced the first modern tuned Dutch-made carillon in 1933.
Source: A.Lehr, Register of [Dutch-related] bellfounders (in Dutch only)
One member of the family emigrated to the USA, and set up a foundry in Greenwood, South Carolina. This foundry used a sand-casting technology, and produced only small-to-medium size bells; larger bells were obtained from the Heiligerlee foundry, so that several American carillons contain bells from both foundries.
The next generation of the American branch of the van Bergen family represented the Paccard foundry in the USA for many years; see his report of the interconnected histories. Bells cast by Paccard and delivered by Vanbergen Bellfoundries Inc. are listed on the Paccard index page. Bells cast by Whitechapel and delivered by Vanbergen Bellfoundries Inc. are listed on the Whitechapel index page.
The former Heiligerlee foundry, now a bellfoundry museum, is marked on Wikimapia.
Return to Indexes to bellfoundries.
This index page was built from the database on 02-Jul-01 and last updated on 31-Mar-08.
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