The roof is covered with concrete roof tile taken from the old Saginaw Zoo (the only real Bavarian-type tile available in this area). The Tower itself, constructed of structural steel, is finished with stucco matching the existing Bavarian Inn. Five-bell Westminster chimes sound the hour.Ĭonstruction of the tower and all of its attractions was carefully completed as authentically as possible. The hands are copper with leaf-gold covering. Just below the movable stage of the Pied Piper is a large clock face with gold-covered numerals. The figures move around the stage and disappear through copper doors as scenes change and the story progresses. Several times each day, the figures appear on a movable stage on the bell tower as the story unfolds before visiting adults and children. Moving on the four separate tracks are the Pied Piper, 14 other figures from the story and, of course, the horde of rats. They are fitted with plastic for weather resistance and gaily painted in the distinctive costumes of the 13th Century. Figures 4½ feet high were carved in wood from the Black Forest of Germany. In Frankenmuth’s tower, all of the figures from the Pied Piper legend are included in the mechanism which is operated by a clock. The tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin dates back to the 13th Century and tells of a plague of rats in the German town of Hameln. The tower, which was built in traditional Bavarian style architecture, can be seen from roads leading into Frankenmuth from the south.īeneath the bells is a large stage where carved wooden figures moving on tracks act out the legend of the Pied Piper of Hameln. The sound is originating from a 50-foot bell tower where installation of specially cast carillon bells and figurework for the Pied Piper of Hameln was completed in October, 1967. The sound of a 35-bell Glockenspiel is echoing for miles around the town of Frankenmuth with lively German and American tunes and hymns. Frankenmuth’s Glockenspiel and Pied Piper
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