WINSTON-SALEM : USA - NC

   Janet Jeffrey Carlile Harris Carillon

*Location:

   Wait Chapel
   Wake Forest University
   Wake Forest Drive
   Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 36.13514, W 80.27905

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*Player:

   Lauren Bradley Mellick,   (A)
     University Carillonneur
   T: (336)758-4450
   E: carillon@wfu.edu
   - and -
   Rev.Matthew T. Phillips   (A)
   T: (336)293-9074
   E: phillimt@wfu.edu
   - and -
   Raymond E. Ebert, Jr.
   - and -
   students

   1978-81 William E. Ray
   1981-98 John S. Acker   (A)
   1998-2004 (students)

*Contact:

   Office of the Chaplain
   Wake Forest University
   Box 7204 Reynolda Station
   Winston-Salem, NC  27109-7204
   T: (336)758-5210

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   The last carillon cast by Alfred
   Paccard; installed by Harry vanBergen.
   Playing and practice keyboards later
   replaced by Paccard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 23
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 1981
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1978, the instrument was begun with 47 bells
       by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

On the Wake-Forest Website, there is an illustrated page about the carillon.  The campus tour slide show (which doesn't work with some modern Web browsers), includes a photo of an old clock bell in an open cupola, with Wait Chapel in the distance.  Other photos on the tour also include the chapel spire.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in NC.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NC.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/10/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1997/03/11

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