Atop the Plummer Building in downtown Rochester, one of the Mayo buildings, are 56 bells making up a carillon. We were fortunate to have a tour of the upper floors and the carillon and a private concert by the carillonneur, Jeff Daehn. Private is relative for a carillon since, well, it’s large bells on top of a building downtown! Here’s Jeff in action.
The view from the balcony was terrific with some good photo opportunities. The building represents an earlier era when architecture was ornate. There are large heads at the balcony level. I tried to find out what they represent without luck. Perhaps someone else knows? In any case, they made for some fun photographs with Rochester sprawling below or shielded by rising steam on the chilly day.
I particularly like this shot of Lynne and the smile I love.
