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DING, DONG, BELL. And kindly watch your phrasing. A pianist plays the piano. A flautist plays the flute — though as "The Music Man's" Meredith Willson once pointed out, he ought to play the ...
Church bells will ring out over Leechburg again this Easter. ... Additional bells were added over time to create the current 28-bell carillon, one of the largest in Western Pennsylvania.
In May 1992, the 146-year-old church paid $4,900 for the Novabell, a type of Digital Auto=Bell Instrument produced by Schulmerich Carillons Inc. of Sellersville, Pa.
Ringing celebration: Carillon concert celebrates upcoming ... Lonie describes the 49-bell, ... “What’s more remarkable about Trinity’s carillon resurrection is that the church had listed it ...
But in 2007, the carillon stopped working properly. ... The church will be ringing its bell 350 times after the service to raise awareness about climate change.
The 2,500-pound bell is from the parish's second church in 1887, while the middle bell weighs 1,408 pounds and the top bell weighs 836 pounds, according to a history of the St. Michael.
Leechburg church bells ready to ring again on Easter Sunday 02:56. LEECHBURG, ... they have experienced many Sundays over the last almost two years without the peal of their 28 bell carillon.
Over time, additional bells were added to make a 28-bell carillon, one of the largest in Western Pennsylvania, Arter said. Church members are expected to vote to approve a contract with the Verdin ...
Atop the tower are four large speakers, the carillon. The carillon surrounds the church’s actual bell, which McDaniel let me ring, though not too many times, otherwise someone might think “the ...
A carillon concert used to be a high point of the annual August Peach Festival in front of Grace Episcopal Church in Plainfield, proud owners of a 47-bell carillon that dates back to 1923.
A Philadelphia church is joining Super Bowl Eagles fever, playing "Fly, Eagles, Fly" each day on its bell carillon.
A long-silent Memphis church bell that rang for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will toll again on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader's death.