Duke University's fine carillon was made by Taylor in England. I played it only as a student but was deeply moved by the expertise of others. Probably the best student carillonneur I ever heard was Ken Jolls, who had a music degree from Indiana University. Ken was truly gifted. It was the most magnificent thing I've ever heard.
Absolute concentration is required.
He donated the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at Park Avenue Baptist Church, now at Riverside Church in New York City, in memory of his mother, and a slightly smaller carillon at the University of Chicago. I asked if I might show my parents the interior of the tower. We climbed the narrow stairs to the bell tower, and there, a sudden whim seized me. The Asgard in the photograph on page 158 appears to be a yawl, not a ketch as your caption describes it. William L. Rohde East Chatham, New York Asgard does look like a yawl, since her mizzenmast is aft of the wheel.