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...ringing zvon was a-savéd From Russia’s dictator depravéd: ’Twas bought for a song And ere very long Was brought where the Stars and Stripes wav?...
...been our honor to steward the Bells during their exile from Russia, and we hope that a mutually satisfactory agreement will be reached between Harvard and the Russian Church concerning the future of the zvon. In the mean time, the Lowell House Bells will continue to ring every Sunday from 1 to 1:15 p.m. and on special occasions. We welcome visitors at these ringings, and invite any souls brave enough to try their own hands at ringing the Lowell House Bells...
Andronoff was engaged two Sundays a month from 1932 to 1934 to play the bells and instruct two members of the Department of Music in the art. Since that arrangement ceased, the responsibility for ringing the zvon on Sundays, before high table, and on special occasions has alternated between the Music Department and Lowell House residents...
...Lowell House Society for Russian bell-ringers has announced that it will not ring the zvon other than at the traditional times. Despite fears of residents in Lowell's E, F, and I entries, the group does not hold practice sessions. A new member--any Lowell House man may join--learns to play the zvon by watching other members and then taking over one of the regular performances. For all, it is still largely a matter of trial and error...
There is a possibility that the Lowell bell-ringers may challenge Yale's Harkness Tower to a chiming contest. The Bellboys, however, will have to compensate for the zvon's inability to play familiar tunes. Or maybe they will challenge Yale's carillon to sound like a zvon.All the bells are in the Lowell House tower, except for one, the fourth largest, which is in the Business School tower. This bell was considered out of tune with the others by the Russian expert, Saradjeff...