JACKSON : USA - TN

   The Jackson Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   North Highland Avenue (U.S.45)
     at Skyline Drive
   Jackson, Tennessee, USA
   LL: N 35.6423, W 88.8295

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*Player:

   Kathleen Singleton

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   *parcel:
     1573 North Highland Avenue
     Jackson, TN  38301
   *postal:
     Box 3012
     Jackson, TN  38303-3012
   T: (731)422-1591   F: (731)427-2321
   E: fpcsteve@jaxnet.net

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast in 1948, stored in
   Jackson 1949-54.
   Keyboards and original installation by
   Arthur Bigelow.

*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 G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1954
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the home page, and the Music Ministry has a page about the carillon.

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 TN.

Index to all tower bell instruments in TN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/07/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1976/12/31

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