Forget the image of a hand-bell choir as middle-aged church ladies donning white linen gloves, stiffly ringing a few small silver bells on Sunday morning. The Raleigh Ringers take bell ringing to a ...
UChicago’s Guild of Carillonists uphold the legacy of the world’s “de facto biggest instrument,” playing songs spanning from Errol Garner to Chappell Roan.
In 1953, a colossal musical instrument called a carillon — made up of 47 bells and collectively weighing 12 tons — made a journey via ship from Holland, through the Panama Canal to Seattle and ...