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Dr. Ivy A. Pelzman left $100,000 to the zoo when he died in 1970. This money was quite specifically and seriously designated to be spent on a glockenspiel, a multi-story mechanical clock featuring chimes and figures, in memory of his wife, Katherine.
A carillon/glockenspiel with 35 Petit and Fritsen bells plus an elephant, bear, giraffe, and lion that were driven by a steam engine was dedicated on May 16, 1976. The donated funds were not sufficient to keep the instrument in repair and it was moved to the back of the zoo.
References
1970 Dr
Ivy Albert Pelzman (3 Sep 1890 - 25 Dec 1970) grave
1976 "Zoo Features Massive Glockenspiel," The Times, May 20, 1976, Page 20.
2022 The
history of the National Zoo glockenspiel, by Elizabeth Tuten,
January 23, 2022
The Ivy A. Pelzman Memorial Glockenspiel at the National Zoo
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