Easter Dawn Services at the Carillon.
The same loving care that was lavished on the planning of the Carillon has found expression in the arrangement of the programs. Mrs. Deeds personally supervised the selection and arrangement of more than 400 musical selections so they could be played on the bells. The music has been transferred to sheets of white Bristol paper bearing the Carillon crest which are filed systematically for reference.
Thirty-five feet above the base of the Carillon tower is a balcony-like structure in bronze which contains a room twelve feet in diameter and six feet high. In this room are installed thirty-two powerful high-fidelity speakers of the most advanced design. On Easter morning, Christmas Eve, and other occasions, programs are broadcast directly to the countryside. Recorded music, performed by the world’s finest bands, choruses, orchestras and soloists, is to be heard with all its beauty for nearly a mile in every direction throughout the wide-open spaces about the Carillon tower. This Celestron is not connected in any way with the chandelier of bells of the Carillon. It is an additional instrument for the pleasure of those who love good music.
The science of bell-making is an old one. Sometimes it is necessary to cast twenty or thirty bells to fill an order for a ten-bell chime. The Deeds Carillon bells were made by The Meneely Bell Company of Troy, New York.
Typical Sunday Afternoon Carillon Park Program
CARILLON 1. America 2. Song of Faith 3. Rock of Ages 4. The Holy City 5. In the Garden 6. When They Ring the Golden Bells 7. Goin’ Home 8. Great God of Nations 9. In a Monastery Garden 10. The Bells of London 11. The Bells of St. Mary’s 12. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life 13. Pilgrim’s Chorus 14. Land of Hope and Glory 15. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring 16. Rhapsody for Bells CELESTRON 1. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Haydn) World Choristers 2. Spanish Caprice (Rimsky-Korsakoff) Cincinnati Summer Opera Orchestra 3. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (Foster) Jesse Crawford, Organist 4. Fight On (Sweet and Grant) Frank Westerfield Band 5. The Hills of Home (Fox) Nelson Eddy, Baritone 6. King Cotton March (Sousa) Frank Westerfield Band 7. I’m Falling in Love With Someone (Herbert) Jane Marcy and Roland Smythe 8. Flapperette (Greer) Wilson Ames, Organist 9. Just A-Wearyin’ for You (Bond) Walter Preston, Baritone 10. Waltzing Doll (Poldini) Daniel Lieberfeld Orchestra 11. The Star-Spangled Banner
CELESTRON
An especially designed amplifying installation for the playing of recorded music. 32 high-fidelity speakers. Uniform frequency range from 50 to 15,000 cycles. Total operating power—5,500 watts. Bronze Galeria 12 ft. in width; located 35 ft. above terrace. Record player in Console Room. Control panels in Power Room.
The sectional diagram at the left shows the construction and arrangement of the Carillon both above and below ground. The map shows location and parking area.