The Singing Tower - The Largest Instrument You Ever Did See

A symphony of bells play hypnotic melodies … 

Harmonies and compositions sound out daily in the small town of Lake Wales in Central Florida.

The peculiar source of the music - a grandiose marble-lined pillar affectionately named ‘ The Singing Tower” - is as wonderful as it is unexpected. 

The story behind it’s construction, however, is yet more interesting… 

Works Cited: 

https://boktowergardens.org/2021/06/28/the-origins-of-the-singing-tower/

https://www.gcna.org/about-carillons/what

https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/boktower/boktower.htm

https://boktowergardens.org/edward-bok/

https://boktowergardens.org/the-singing-tower/

https://verobeachmagazine.com/features/inside-the-bok-singing-tower/

https://www.floridacurrents.com/the-singing-tower/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ladies-Home-Journal

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