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Cleveland: The Alexander McGaffin Carillon. 47 bells by Eijsbouts, June 1968. Cleveland Heights: St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Erected in 1928 with 8 bells by Gillett and Johnston, 15 bells by Van Bergen were added in 1952, making a carillon of 23 bells. Then, in 2023, an additional 24 bells were added, making a full concert carillon of 47 bells.
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.
Bellfounding is the casting and tuning of large bronze bells in a foundry for use such as in churches, clock towers and public buildings, either to signify the time or an event, or as a musical carillon or chime. Large bells are made by casting bell metal in moulds designed for their intended musical pitches.
: The Banobras Carillon. 47 bells, in the world's tallest carillon tower (125m), which is part of the old headquarters of the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood. [136] San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, The San Luis Potosí Cathedral has a carillon installed in 2010 with 32 bells. In addition, it has ...
To be considered a carillon, a minimum of 23 bells are needed; otherwise, it is called a chime. Standard-sized instruments have about 50, and the world's largest has 77 bells. The appearance of a carillon depends on the number and weight of the bells and the tower in which it is housed.
The World Carillon Federation defines a carillon as an instrument of at least 23 cast bronze bells hung in fixed suspension, played with a traditional keyboard of batons, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". [10]
National Patriots Bell Tower carillon Valley Forge National Park, Pennsylvania: United States St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church: 1901 cast 3 bells added 1966 Charleston, South Carolina: United States Set of 10 bells. All bells refurbished in 2008 by Christop Paccard Bellfoundries. Wofford College: Spartanburg, South Carolina ...
Nancy Brown Peace Carillon, postcard circa 1940–45 The carillon in 2008. The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon is a bell tower containing an electronic carillon on Detroit's Belle Isle. It is dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs. J. E. Leslie (born Annie Louise Brown).