*Location:
Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) East Morehead Street at Dilworth Road Charlotte, North Carolina, USA LL: N 35.21177, W 80.84347
*Player:
(church volunteers)
*Contact:
Covenant Presbyterian Church (A) 1000 East Morehead Street Charlotte, NC 28204-2888 T: (704)333-9071 F: (704)333-0386 Attn: Stephen Talley, Music Director H: (704)362-5348 E: Stephen.Talley@covenantpresby.org
*Schedule:
For church services
*Remarks:
New keyboard installed with 48th bell in January 2002; also a touch- sensitive practice clavier. Tower also contains a swinging bell (details unknown).
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 48 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave
Transposition is up 2 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: C C / C C 24
There is one missing bass semitone
There is an identical practice console
The instrument was enlarged in 2002
with 1 bell by Petit & Fritsen
Prior history:
In 1969, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
by Petit & Fritsen
(5 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1966, the instrument was begun with 42 bells
by Petit & Fritsen
Year of latest technical information source is 2004
*Links:
Building photos
from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
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 traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American concert class carillons by age.
Index to all traditional carillons in NC.
Index to all tower bell instruments in NC.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 11-Jun-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/01 and on technical data last updated on 2004/09/27
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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