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The bells have grown silent: A restoration is underway atop Plummer Building Feb 16, 2019 | By Sarah Mensink (@samensink)Comment receiving replies
@carillonghorn Austin, you must fill out your profile bio that you are the Mayo Carillonneur. Not many people can say that! The bells stop me in my tracks every time they are played. I miss them.
How will you keep up your practising while the restoration is underway? What are you most looking forward to when you return to the newly restored carillon?
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Bio is now filled out—I thought I had done that already, whoops! 😉
They’ve been down since the last week of September, but luckily I’ve been able to keep my chops up on a practice instrument in my office. It’s like the real thing but with time bars instead of bells (think a xylophone).
I’m most looking forward to just getting to play every day again, ha! These are some beautiful bells—especially the older ones from England—and I miss hearing them. To my ears this is an exceptionally well-rounded carillon to listen to.