It can be lonely at the top—particularly from the great heights of the unusual musical instruments known as carillons. Or so it seemed for Hunter Chase, the UIC graduate student who was one of only ...

Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon in Springfield's Washington Park Credit: Ryan Smith It can be lonely at the top—and it almost always is at the top of the monolithic musical instruments known as ...

This story originally appeared in Yale Engineering magazine. Does the name Joey Brink ring a bell? While an undergraduate student majoring in mechanical engineering, Brink was not only a star ...

A massive and rare instrument with 49 enormous bells — some weighing 3,400 pounds — is tucked away in a grand bell tower in the city of Frederick, Maryland. Every Sunday at 12:30 p.m., the city’s only ...

The Princeton University carillon is mammoth, even by the standards of the largest family of musical instruments in the world. Carillons, a group of no fewer than 23 bells typically housed in a tower ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Rising 175 feet ...

At certain times of the year, Bournville is treated to gothic melodies ringing throughout its village streets. Those are the tones of Bournville Carillon, one of the finest and largest instruments in ...