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Dunham Carillon
The
Austin Cornelius Dunham Carillon
was commissioned by the Board of Trustees of Connecticut Agricultural College in 1930. It was built by the
Meneely Bell Foundry
and installed in 1931 in the
tower of the Storrs Congregational Church. The instrument is named after the
Willimantic industrialist whose gift of farmland led to funding for its construction.
The Dunham Carillon is a historic instrument, one of very few carillons anywhere
that are completely American made. This carillon comprises 31 bells, played
from a "clavier," or keyboard, high in the steeple. The lowest bell,
connected to low C on the keyboard, sounds the pitch E and weighs about 2,800
pounds. The total weight of the bells is about 16,000 pounds. After several
years of near disuse, the Dunham Carillon now resounds every summer during our
Carillon Concert Series.
Adult Choir | Handbells | Fisk Organ | Dunham Carillon | Carillon Concerts
| Updated: 26 February 2008 |