The stone shafts of the Carillon are built around a steel core.
A mass of scaffolding was a requisite in building the Carillon.
Moving the bells from the freight cars which brought them to Dayton and hanging them in position were operations which called for great skill.
The impressive array of the 32 bells in the Carillon arranged at its base just previous to being placed in position.
The Carillon tower, built of granite, steel, and limestone, soars skyward 151 feet from the base planted on a green and friendly hill. It is a shaft of precise beauty, dramatic in its simplicity, and terminating in noble arches. Suspended from the cross-shaped intersections of the arches, in full sight from all directions and visible for miles around, is the chandelier of bells. At the base of the Carillon is the Console Room. From here an elaborate electrical system plays the bells through the touch of the operator’s fingers at the console.
The actual ringing of the bells requires an unusual mechanism consisting of an electrical solenoid, delivering a blow of proper force for each size of bell. Suitable screens, designed so as not to interfere with the sound, are placed at the bottom of the mechanism so that each bell, when viewed from the ground, presents a uniform appearance, only the clapper being visible. This was the first time that such a type of construction in all its details had been followed, making possible a full, rich beauty of tone.