Industrialist and benefactor J.I. Holcomb donated the carillon to Butler in 1959, hoping it would be “an inspiration to all those who come within the range of its beauty in music.” The carillon itself is located in the Memorial Room of the Garden House at Holcomb Gardens; the carillon tower towers over Holcomb Pond. The carillon looks something like a church organ, with two levels of 61 keys (five full octaves) and 32 foot pedals that duplicate the sounds from the keyboards. The Carillonneur plays the keys, which send an electrical signal to a hammer that strikes a metal rod that has been tuned to the exact overtones of a corresponding bell so the pitches are the same