Bournville and Wellington

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6840, 22 April 1932, Page 10

Bournville and Wellington

LINKED BY CARILLONS. The carillon at Bourncvillc, England (where Mr. Clifford Ball, who has arrived to inaugurate the Wellington War Memorial, is official carilloncur) is hung in the tower of the village schools, a range of beautiful buildings given to the community by tho late George Cadbury and Mrs. Cadbury, who also presented the bells. When erected in 1906 the carillon consisted of 22 bells, which in 1923 were increased to three full chromatic octaves by Mr. George Cadbury, Jnr. In 1925 five more bells were added by. Mrs. Cadbury and Mr. Georgo Cadbury, Jnr., making 42. The bells are played by hand from a clavier, but are also connected with the clock in the tower, so that the clock chimes tho quarters ou the same bells, and also plays tunes —four hymns on one chime barrel and four national airs on another, both using 12 bells. One .of the bells can be rung by hand and is used as the “school bell.” There is also a practice clavier. An interesting experiment in carillon music was carried out in 1924, when Sir Granville Bantock’s chorale, “KingCut, W’ild Bells,” to Tennyson’s words, was given, the Bourncvillc works male voice choir rendering the choral part. Besides the regular recitals given on tho Bourncvillc carillon by Mr. Ball, other famous players have performed, including Mr. Jordan, of Loughborough, and M. Antoine Nauwelacrts, of Bruges, and M. Antoine Brccs, of Antwerp.