Trinity College

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Trinity College

Trinity junior John Landon Plumb died in October 1924 following an operation for appendicitis.  His parents, the Rev. and Mrs. John Fields Plumb, gave a carillon to the college in his memory.  The 30 bells were cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry in Loughborough, England, and first played on December 9, 1931 by Kamiel Lefevre.

The carillon was enlarged in 1978 to 49 bells and rededicated on April 29, 1979 by R. Hudson Ladd.

The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) was first formed at Trinity in 1934 by College President Remsen B. Ogilby, who invited carillonneurs from the United States and Canada to attend a meeting to discuss their shared concerns.

References
1925 Trinity College Bulletin, 1924-1925 (Necrology)
Pages 38-39: John Landon Plumb, Died October 16, 1924

1930 "New Trinity Chapel Will Have Memorial Carillon," Hartford Courant, September 25, 1930, Page 9.

1931 "New Carillon Recital Given at College," Hartford Courant, December 10, 1931, Page 9.
Many Present Despite the Weather as Kamiel Lefevre Introduces Memorial Bells to Hartford.

1949 John Fields Plumb (30 Mar 1867 - 10 Aug 1949) grave

1961 "The Meeting of Carillonneurs at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, October 3 and 4, 1934,"  Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America 14:15-18 (1961)

1965 "The Dedication of the Inscription on the Door of the Stairs Leading to the Carillon Console at Trinity College," by Percival Price,  Bulletin of the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America 16:12-14 (1965)

1979 "The Big Bell Sound," Valley Advocate Springfield, June 20, 1979, Page 40 | Part 2 |
Trinity carillons a-peel for summer.

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