Word: carillonned
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...organ is to a piano, so is a carillon to an ordinary set of bells. Numbering at least 24 (covering two octaves), the bells of a carillon are tuned with the sharps & flats of the chromatic scale, are struck by hammers like piano keys. A chime or peal of church bells, from four to twelve in number, is tuned in the simple diatonic scale and the bells swing freely, emitting their not-always-melodious tones when struck by their clappers. In carillons, the biggest and the smallest bells are the trickiest to cast and tune. Ranked according to the size...
...Clinic has 15 floors, a carillon tower and imposing bronze doors. On the third floor is the room of the Board of Governors. Covering all the walls of that room are framed Mayo diplomas, certificates, awards and knighthoods conferred by governments and learned societies. Outside in a glass showcase are their many academic robes. Their favorites are the red ones of the University of Manchester, England...
Nevertheless, the fact of the matter is, that the tower was not built to house the bells. Strolling toward the House Plan one day, Mr. Crane, donor of the carillon, remarked to his companion, Mr. Lowell, that this tower would be a logical location for his gift...
...CRIMSON was startled to learn last night. The grinding clangor will not be celebrating his visit to Cambridge, nor yet a favorable gold decision, but will be fulfilling a wish that the unwitting President made in October 1933 when he was gracefully extricating himself from the Lowell House carillon flasco...
...Toccata i A(No.11)," by Alessandro Scarlatti, 'Pastorale," by Zipoli, and "Le Carillon de Cithere,' by Couperin, will be among the selections played by G. Wallace Woodworth '24, instructor in Music and Assistant Organist, at an organ recital in the Fogg Art Museum, at 5 o'clock today...