COLLEGE STATION : USA - TX

   Albritton Tower Carillon

*Location:

   Texas A & M University
   Old Main Drive at Lamar & Jones Streets
     (off Wellborn Road)
   College Station, Texas, USA
   LL: N 30.61318, W 96.34465

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Albritton Carillon
   Mary Helen Bowers, Assoc.Dir. of
     Special Event Facilities
   Reed Avenue
   Texas A & M University
   College Station, TX  77843-1128
   H: (409)690-1117   W: (409)862-7330
   F: (409)862-7337   E: mhb@tamu.edu

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters

*Remarks:

   At least one bell swings.  Bass note
   estimated from reported weight, 6600 lb.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1984
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986

*Links:

A picture of the freestanding Albritton Bell Tower can be seen in small and large versions, with a brief description.  An excellent campus map locates the tower precisely.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

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 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 TX.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/04/20

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