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The heaviest carillon is at the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen, Scotland, weighing 25,846 kilograms (56,981 lb); the lightest is at the Atkinsons Building in London, weighing 3,194 kilograms (7,041 lb). The carillon of St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh has the most bells – 49. The region has several two- and three-octave carillons.
List of carillons in Missouri; Location City Bells Range and transposition Bourdon weight Total weight Bellfounder(s) Notes Ref. lb kg lb kg Missouri State University Duane G. Meyer Library: Springfield: 48 None (concert pitch) 5,894 2,673 32,000 15,000 Royal Eijsbouts 2002 Jane A. Meyer Carillon At 140 feet is the tallest freestanding carillon ...
The following list enumerates a selection of Marian, Josephian, and Christological images venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, authorised by a Pope who has officially granted a papal bull of Pontifical coronation to be carried out either by the Pontiff, his papal legate or a papal nuncio.
List of carillons in the United States This page was last edited on 22 June 2023, at 22:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The carillons were primarily constructed in the interwar period by the English bellfounders John Taylor & Co, Gillett & Johnston, and Whitechapel. Almost all of the carillons are transposing instruments. [7] [8] According to the World Carillon Federation, the carillons in Australia and New Zealand account for less than one per cent of the world ...
This category lists articles about buildings and towers which house carillons or articles about the individual carillons themselves, if applicable. ...
It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". [10] Its member organizations – including for example the Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland – also define a carillon with those restrictions. [11] This list contains only those carillons that meet the definition outlined by these organizations.
A carillonneur plays the 56-bell carillon of the Plummer Building, Rochester, Minnesota, US The 56-bell carillon of Saint Joseph's Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1]. A carillon (US: / ˈ k ær ə l ɒ n / KARR-ə-lon, UK: / k ə ˈ r ɪ l j ən / kə-RIL-yən [2] [3]) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells.