MEDFORD - TU : USA - MA 

   Bowen-Tilton Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Goddard Chapel
   Tufts University
   (formerly Tufts College)
   College Avenue
   Medford, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.40704, W 77.11977
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*Player:

   Timothy Nelson, Chapel Music Director
   T: (617)548-6140
   E: tim@timothynelson.net
*Past players: 
   Chaplain Wm. (Scotty) McLennan

*Contact:

   Music Department
   Tufts University
   Medford, MA  02155
   T: (617)628-5000  [main switchboard]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   One Meneely/Troy bell (probably the
   third-largest) installed 1908.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1965
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1926, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The Tufts University Website has virtually no information about the carillon.  A superb interactive campus map shows clearly the location of the chapel.  A "tour" of the chapel (actually an illustrated history) mentions the tower, and has a photo of a bell added in 1950, but otherwise says nothing about these bells.  A brief news article (Nov.2001) does tell about the bells and their history.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of 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).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 21-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/27

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