Oregon Town To Build Tallest Glockenspiel

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MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. --Mount Angel is home to one of Oregon's biggest Oktoberfest celebrations. In similar Bavarian spirit, it may soon be home to the nation's tallest glockenspiel.

The 49-foot glockenspiel -- a clock tower with animated figures that sing and tell stories -- will be the tallest in the United States and an appropriate centerpiece for the town's famous Oktoberfest, supporters say.

The glockenspiel will be ready as early as September, just in time for Oktoberfest. The community hopes it will become a tourist draw, similar to the glockenspiels in Europe, Mayor Tom Bauman said.

Doors near the top of glockenspiel will pop open on the hour and two wooden children on swings will emerge accompanied by a recording. Grade-school students will be the singers on the recording.

On the glockenspiel's lower level, 5-foot-tall basswood statues representing Mount Angel's past will move on a platform accompanied by music and will tell their story.

"It will certainly be the cornerstone of the downtown area," Bauman said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/03/16/ore_town_to_build_tallest_glockenspiel?mode=PF

It's incredible that in the early twenty-first century, we still have to get by with short glockenspiels.

size DOES matter.

:P

glockenspiel :D

pattern theirs after this one . . .






But wouldn't it be much simplier to build one like this?