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St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem bought a 40-bell carillon from the van Bergen Bell Foundry in the Netherlands. The carillon was dedicated on December 18, 1949 with a recital given by Dr. Kamiel Lefevere.
Two bells from the same foundry were added in 1951.
References
1949 "40-Bell
Chimes," The New York Age, July 2, 1949, Page 11.
1949 "Many
Helped to Sponsor Bells to Be Heard from St. Martin's Dec. 18," The
New York Age, December 10, 1949, Page 4.
List of donors.
1949 "Church Gets 40-Bell Netherlands Carillon," The Edmonton Bulletin, December 17, 1949, Page 6.
1949 Dedication of the Carillon. Dedicatory Recital, by Kamiel Lefevre
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