| Worship |Carillon |
| The Crossroads Carillon |
"Do you hear what I hear?" That ringing is not just in your ears! Thanks to a generous memorial gift, Crossroads Presbyterian Church has been blessed to receive a carillon. A carillon (pronounced carol-on) is a musical instrument composed of 23 to 77 cast bells arranged chromatically and played by a carillonneur using a large keyboard of touch-sensitive levers called a baton console. Perhaps because of its sheer weight, it is sometimes called the "duke" of instruments (the organ is "king"). Due to the unusual harmonic characteristics of foundry bells, carillons can often sound out of tune to the ear. The instrument installed at Crossroads in November 2007 is the Singing Tower Classic electronic bell carillon system from the Verdin Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. As such, there are no actual bells to see. The locked console is located in the main office, and two speakers are mounted atop the circle drive canopy and directed toward the lower level parking lots. This instrument has a fully programmable library of digitally recorded cast bronze bells, including swinging and struck bells, festive bell peals, funeral tolls, Westminster chimes and hour strikes, plus hundreds of hymns and tunes played in up to 32-note polyphony and with optional harp accompaniment. With great joy, Crossroads began sounding its new carillon outside as a community call to worship with Thanksgiving hymns on Sunday, November 25, 2007, followed by Advent and Christmas carols in December. While subject to change, the regular ringing schedule is as follows:
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