The sound of carillon bells has been very much a part of Alfred University for more than seven decades ... The bells are hung stationary; only the clappers move. The clapper of each bell is connected ...
From the moment its bells first rang in 1937, the Davis Memorial Carillon became more than an instrument — it became part of Alfred’s identity. For generations, the Davis Memorial Carillon has echoed ...
In the fall of 2014, the old carillon bell system played for its final time. The system, which was over a decade old and had a life expectancy of approximately that, broke. It wasn’t until the fall of ...