Clemson University Memorial Carillon
*Location:
Tillman Hall
Clemson University
Calhoun Drive, near
Old Greenville Highway (SC-93)
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
LL: N 34.67996, W 82.83721
*Player:
Dr. Linda Dzuris, (C)
University Carillonneur
303 Scituate Court
Simpsonville, SC 29681-5781
H: (864)288-6738
- or -
210 Brooks Center
Department of Performing Arts
Clemson, SC 29634-0525
W: (864)656-6366 F: (864)656-1013
E: ldzuris@clemson.edu*Contact:
Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634 T: (864)656-3311
*Schedule:
Mon,Wed,Fri noon-12:30pm, August-April
*Remarks:
Practice keyboard in Brooks Center.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 47 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: C C / C C 23
There are two missing bass semitones
There is an identical practice console
The whole instrument was installed in 1987
with bells made by Paccard
Year of latest technical information source is 2000
*Links:
On the university Website, click on
"campus tour" in the upper right corner;
from there you can find an illustrated page about the building.
There is a whole page of clickable
pictures of Tillman Hall
among the University's online resources.
Where 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 age.
Index to all traditional carillons in SC.
Index to all tower bell instruments in SC.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 5-Jun-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/06/04 and on technical data last updated on 1987/05/01
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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