DESCRIPTION:
1960s "Chapel Automatic 200" tape-playing carillon made by Bell Industries, Inc. of Hooven, Ohio. Installed in Seattle's First Baptist Church, replacing a Maas Rowe amplified rod chime carillon. This carillon was taken out of service and the stentors removed an unknown amount of time ago, and it and the amps from the older Maas Rowe were removed some months ago and given to me. This carillon holds two continuous-loop, single-spool tapes, which play audio recordings of real bells. An electric clock allows the tapes to play automatically by placing small tabs in the clock's toothed hour wheel; different shapes of tab lift different cams to activate the chimes. Each tape has a manual ring button and a switch which turns on or off its automatic control through the clock. The amplifier uses vacuum tubes. The carillon is fully functional. It has a volume control for the internal speaker only; I do not usually use the outdoor speaker because it is painfully loud, and can be heard for blocks!

From the bottom up in the cabinet are: amplifier, heat space/motors & fans for tape drives, tapes (behind door), clock & ringing controls (behind locking door), transformer & relays for clock ringing (under door on top).

This tape is a medium size, and contains five two-song programs of Christmas music. They are, beginning with this one:
O Holy Night/O Come All Ye Faithful
The First Noel/Silent Night
O Little Town Of Bethlehem/Joy To The World
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Away In A Manger
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing/We Three Kings

This was a loaner or demo tape, and the label says the owner was supposed to send it back one they received their custom-made programs. Apparently this church forgot, so I ended up with this probably rare tape. The program playing here is easily its prettiest.

The devices on top are amps for the Maas Rowe system which this replaced around 1968.