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The Bells of Joy Carillon in the Schwarzwald Lutheran Church is a traditional carillon of 24 bells. Each bell was given by a separate donor.
The carillon bells were cast by van Bergen and dedicated on May 3, 1964 by Harry van Bergen, Jr.
References
1964 The Office of Blessing for the Bells
of Joy, May 3, 1964
1987 A
history of Schwarzwald Lutheran Church, 1737-1987, by Harold
C. Wegman
Page 74: Picture of Harry Van Bergen installing "Bells of Joy"
Seeing the well-designed tower, Pastor Harding was prompted to secure
twenty-four donors for bells cast in Holland. The largest of the hells
weighs 1,125 lbs. and the smallest only 33 lbs. The “Bells of Joy” were
dedicated on May 3,1964 with Mr. van Bergen’s son, Harry, Jr., playing at
the console. At the time, only 5 other Lutheran Churches in the United
States had carillons.
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