I am sorry to hear of Tonu’s death. An obituary in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly made me think of him.
Tonu and I were part of a small team of students that Professor Arthur Bigelow assembled to haul bells into Cleveland Tower when he updated Princeton’s carillon. Bigelow could have hired a hoist company, but he chose to create some student jobs. I’m glad that he did.
Even though our project was brief, I remember three things about Tonu:
a) He said that he had hauled sacks of animal feed (or maybe flour?). That gave him the muscles he used for hauling the newly cast Belgian bells.
b) He said that he hated the Russians.
c) One night after finishing work (it got dark early in Princeton), we heard Professor Bigelow banging the new bells with a metal object. “He’s gone mad,” Tonu joked.
I am sorry to hear of Tonu’s death. An obituary in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly made me think of him.
Tonu and I were part of a small team of students that Professor Arthur Bigelow assembled to haul bells into Cleveland Tower when he updated Princeton’s carillon. Bigelow could have hired a hoist company, but he chose to create some student jobs. I’m glad that he did.
Even though our project was brief, I remember three things about Tonu:
a) He said that he had hauled sacks of animal feed (or maybe flour?). That gave him the muscles he used for hauling the newly cast Belgian bells.
b) He said that he hated the Russians.
c) One night after finishing work (it got dark early in Princeton), we heard Professor Bigelow banging the new bells with a metal object. “He’s gone mad,” Tonu joked.