How many piano teachers take their students on field trips? Not many, I would guess. But Daniel and Benjamin have an exceptionally cool piano teacher. We went with all of her piano students to BYU this week to tour the Carillon Bell Tower. Just a few days before, the bell tower was featured on KSL news, so we had some idea of what we were in for. First, you can only have about 10 people in the tower at a time. To get to the top, you climb up about 100 stairs in a very narrow spiral staircase. At the top of the stairs, there is a metal ladder with about 10 more steps to climb. Then, you are in the room that houses the carillon keyboard. The bells are just overhead, but there is a ceiling in-between. The whole experience was very good for Benjamin, especially because he is generally scared of tall staircases.
Joseph Peeples is one of the students who plays the carillon, and he showed us how it all works. Surprisingly, it's played by pounding your fists. I suspect it's a good outlet for frustration at the end of a long day.
The view from the top was amazing! The whole room is encased in glass, so you can see out in every direction.
This is a stream near the base of the bell tower. The kids had fun running around on the path and feeding the ducks. If you ever get the chance to tour the bell tower, do it!
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I had no idea the bell tower had a room inside it, nor that someone actually played it. What a neat experience for your boys to see it.
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