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What people may or may not stop to notice is where the song is coming from. But the carillon keeps ringing - as it has for nearly 50 years- from the tower inside the Church of the Covenant at University Circle in Cleveland.
"A lot of people don't realize there is somebody up there actually playing," said George Leggiero, who has been playing the instrument for decades.
Tucked away in the bell tower of the church he sits and plays a keyboard with both his hands and feet. That's what signals the carillon bells- all 15,000 pounds of them- to make music.
"It's a lot of klankity klank and what not. It sounds a lot nicer outside," he said.
Inside the 140-foot high tower, the bells ring with each note he strikes on the keyboard. The keys signal wires that connect to the clappers in the bells, which makes the music. A carillon has to have at least 23 bells, this one has 47.
July 21, 2017