Walking up the mcgaffincarillon to it’s 47-bell carillon transports you back in time. Within the stone walls and walking up that spiral ladder, a century slips back to 1911 when the Church of the Covenant was built. Only the occasional desk or stack of file cabinets remind you you’re in the 21st Century.  🔔   At the top, the tower offers a wide view of University Heights directly in front of University Hospital Main Campus. The McGaffin’s bells can still be heard roughly a half-mile away from where you’re standing.   Carillonneur George Leggiero and Friends of McGaffin Carillon — formed in 2015 — have challenged themselves to raise awareness for the historic instrument and a sum of more than $600,000 to fund its restoration. The project would include two new gargantuan bells to complete the lower octave.    Not every carillon is played so often as the McGaffin, Leggiero stresses as he leads a small group up the tight, spiral staircase to the tower. There are fewer than 200 in the coun...