Episode 005: John Schreiner on Constructing Academic Delight

• John Schreiner is an organ builder, singer, and (luckily for us) a creative ringer.
• John learned to ring at Kalamazoo College; he remembers for us the experience of learning from Jeff Smith both in the classroom and in the tower.
• (Kalamazoo’s handbell bands constructed methods including Kalamazoo Treble Bob Minor and Major, Stetson Surprise Minor, Queen’s Gate Surprise Minor, Hinckley Delight Minor, Xarifa Delight Minor, Great Lakes Treble Bob Minor, Jeremiah Treble Bob Minor, and Michigan Delight Major.)
• We talk mostly about the construction of Academic Delight Major (on blueline and on complib), which was named at Kent School in memory of Nadia Yovanovitch, faculty emerita and mother of the Hon. Marie Yovanovitch. (Bellboard performance record.)
• We also learn that Martin Treble Bob Major was named for John’s son! 

Thank you, friends.

Bells: Kent School ca. 2003, unknown band.