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Grace Booth Wallace, Harold Lindsay Wallace, and their children gave a carillon to Christ Church Cranbrook in 1927. The carillon began with 61 bells from the John Taylor Bell Foundry in Loughborough, England that was dedicated on September 30, 1928 with a recital given by Anton Brees.
The 13 duplicate treble bells were disconnected in 1948. Thirty-three bells were replaced in 1994 and two new bells were added, for a total of 50.
References
1928 "Christ Church
Consecrated," Detroit free Press, September 30, 1928, Page
5.
A brief recital on the Carillon by Anton Brees.
1978 Grace Ellen Booth Wallace (27 Jan 1890-30 May 1978) grave
1992 "Carillon beckons hundreds for a recital outside Christ Church," Detroit Free Press, July 5, 1992, Page 21.
2020 I Heard the Bells
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