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Dunham Carillon

Pictures of carillon bells and clavier 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.  

 

 

 

 

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Updated: 26 February 2008

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