GREENVILLE - FU/2 : USA - SC

   The Burnside Carillon

*Location:

   Furman University [new campus]
   U.S. Highway 25 (Business Route)
   Greenville, South Carolina, USA
   LL: N 34.92788, W 82.44001

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*Player:

   (none)

*Contact:

   Dr. Charles Tompkins
   Organist & Head, Keyboard Division
   Furman University
   Poinsett Highway
   Greenville, SC  29613
   T: (803)294-2000  [switchboard]
   W: (864)294-2969
   E: charles.tompkins@furman.edu
   - or -
   Craig L. Waldon
   Development Office
   T: (864)294-2157   F: (864)294-2282
   E: craig.waldon@furman.edu

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Unplayable for several years; tower
   fully restored and carillon partially
   restored 2004-5 (automatic play with
   limited range was restored, but baton
   keyboard and transmission was not).
   One additional swinging bell, tuned to
   keyboard D#, not connected to carillon;
   also an old Meneely bell below clock.
   Tower is a replica of that on Main Hall
   at the old (downtown) campus,
   since demolished.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 59 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C F   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1966
     with bells made by vanBergen   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

The University Website seems to have lost a page it formerly had about the Bell Tower.  There are a few news articles about the recent renovation of the tower (use the Search facility), the best one being here.
In the University's online postcard facility, there are several different photos of the tower: #8, #13, #16, #36, #59, #88, #09
A construction project scrapbook contains images of the bell tower seen through the treetops in summer and in winter.
The campus map clearly shows the location of the Bell Tower on the peninsula projecting into the lake.

For more information on the old tower and the chime which it held, see GREENVILLE - FU/1.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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 SC.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  2-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/10/02

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