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  2. List of carillons - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of carillons in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New Bell Tower Carillon, Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, 2005, 49 bells. St. Mark's School of Texas, donated by the Roosevelt family. Houston: The Bell Tower Center Carillon, 1986. 53 bells, made by Eijsbouts. Based on 47 bells from the Eijsbouts 48-bell traveling carillon that appeared at the 1986 World Carillon Congress in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

  4. File:Common 50-bell carillon range (C).svg - Wikipedia

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  5. Carillon - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Kaunas Carillon - Wikipedia

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    The tower where the Kaunas Carillon is located is 32 metres (105 ft) tall and has an observation deck. [6] The total weight of the carillon's 49 bells is 4,334 kilograms (9,555 lb). The largest bell weighs 751 kilograms (1,656 lb) and was funded by the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienė.

  7. Bourdon (bell) - Wikipedia

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    In the Netherlands where carillons are native, the heaviest carillon is in Grote Kerk in Dordrecht (South Holland). The biggest bell serving as bourdon of any carillon is the low C bell at Riverside Church, New York City. Cast in 1929 as part of the Rockefeller Carillon, it weighs 19,000 kg (41,000 lb) and measures 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in) across.

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  9. National Carillon - Wikipedia

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    The carillon was designed in 1967, built during 1969 and completed in 1970. The three columns of the design symbolise the British and Australian governments and the City of Canberra. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the National Carillon on 26 April 1970. The carillon has a symbolic value in the link between Britain and Australia.