University of California, Berkeley

Jane K. Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley

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Mrs. Jane K. Sather left a bequest for a companile and 12-bell chime in honor of her husband, Peder Sather. The John Taylor bells were first played at the Berkeley v. University of Washington football game on November 3, 1917.

In 1976 the Class of 1928 sought out a suitable gift for their 50th anniversary, and decided on donating eight additional bells. Fundraising was quite successful and a total of 36 new Paccard bells were installed and first played on February 12, 1979 by Frank Pilling. The official dedication took place on April 5, 1979 by Margo Halstead and James B. Welch.

Jerry Chamber of the class of 1928 and his wife Evelyn Hemmings Chambers of the class of 1932 donated an additional 13 Paccard bells in 1983,bringing the total number of bells to 61.

References
1911 "Sather Gift Is Half Million to U. of C.," The San Francisco Examiner, December 14, 1911, Page 3.
Details of Sather's 1900 bequest.

1912 "Break Ground in May for Sather Campanile," Oakland Tribune, November 25, 1912, Page 10.

1914 "Cornerstone Laid for Tower," Oakland Tribune, March 18, 1914, Page 8.

1916 "New Tuning System Adopted in California University's Chimes," Musical America 24(26):35 (October 28, 1916)

1917 "Slather Chimes Reach Berkeley for Campanile," San Francisco Examiner, April 20, 1917, Page 13.

1917 "Slather Chimes Are Rung for First Time," Tulare Advance Register, November 3, 1917, Page 1.

1917 "Blistered hands on Sather Chimes," Tulare Advance-Register, November 13, 1917, Page 5.

1976 Belle of the Sather Tower bells : oral history transcript and related material, 1976-1980, by Margaret E. Murdock

1979 "New Berkeley Chimes Challenge Player, 84," The Fresno Bee, February 4, 1979, Page A13.
Margaret Murdock

1979 "Campanile musicians change their tune," The Oakland Tribune, February 13, 1979, Page 18..

1979 "Charter Day is Thursday," The Berkeley Gazette, April 3, 1979, Page 5.
The new bells of the campanile will be demonstrated.

1980 "The Bells of Berkeley," by Margo Halstead, Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America 29:59-69 (1980)

1985 "Sather Tower Chime Master, John Milton Noyes, succumbs," The Desert Sun, February 8, 1985, Page 2.

1989 "The Bells of Berkeley, Part II," by Ronald Barnes, Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America 38:25-37 (1989)