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For a general overview of musical bell instruments, See Campanology
For the description and history of the carillons listed hereunder, See Carillon

Traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, and pseudo-carillons – each per continent and country in an (often incomplete) alphabetical list by location.

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Traditional carillons

(carillons as defined by the World Carillon Federation[1] and by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America,[2] played from a baton keyboard)

Asia

Israel

Japan

  • Itami, Hyōgo: 'The Bells of Flanders', 43 bells.
  • Sasebo, Nagasaki: Carillon Symphonica in the 'Huis ten Bosch', 37 bells.
  • Shigaraki, Shiga: 'The Joy of Angels' at Misono, the international headquarters and spiritual centre of the Shinji Shumeikai organisation, 50 bells.

Philippines

South Korea

  • Daejeon: Carillon at Hyechon College, 77 bells by Petit & Fritsen linked to the keyboard. Largest carillon in the world in terms of number of bells, with the exception of one in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. The Hyechon Tower's nearly 11.0 t 78th bell only strikes the hour.

Europe

Belgium

Assumedly complete list. Format: municipality (village), region: building, carillon name and/or unusual features, # bells – total bell weight in tonnes (lightest / heaviest in kg) – foundry year-oldest/year-youngest, foundry2 year-oldest/year-youngest – external link to the carillon

France

Germany

Very incomplete list; there are about 35 carillons in Germany. Format: municipality (village), federal state: building, carillon name and/or unusual features, # bells – total bell weight in tonnes (lightest / heaviest in kg) – foundry year-oldest/year-youngest, foundry2 year-oldest/year-youngest – external link to the carillon

Ireland

Italy

  • Rome: St. Paul's Within the Walls, 23 bells.

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

  • Oslo: Oslo City Hall. 49 bells. The four largest bells cast by Olsen-Nauer Klokkestøperi in Tønsberg. The remaining by Causard, France. To be played automatic or manual.[16]

Poland

  • Gdańsk: St. Catherine church. 49 bells.
  • Gdańsk: Main Town Hall. 37 bells.

Portugal

  • Mafra: In royal palace. 2 carillons totaling 114 bells.[17]
  • Porto: Tower of Clerigos. 49 bells.
  • Leiria: Tower of cathedral. 23 bells.
  • Alverca: Church. 72 bells. The newest, and second biggest in Europe and the third worldwide. Bells were casted by the Dutch foundry Eijsbouts and valued at 500.000 euros in 2005.

Russia

Serbia

United Kingdom

Bournvile Junior School and carillon

There are 15 carillons in the United Kingdom.

The Caribbean

Dominican Republic

  • Higuey, Altagracia: La Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia; [22] 45 bronze bells cast by Paccard Foundrie De Cloche, Annecy, France in 1977[23]. This carillon was restored and fitted with a computer controller in the 1990s by Msr. Pierre Paccard and Mr. L. Eckert.

North America

Canada

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Mexico

  • Mexico City, D.F.: The Banobras Carillon. 47 bells, in the world's tallest carillon tower (125 m), which is part of the old headquarters of the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos) in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood. [28]

United States

Eastern United States
File:CenturyTower.jpg
Century Tower
Gainesville, FL

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania: 50 bell carillon at Mercersburg Academy,1926

Central United States
Rees Memorial Carillon
Springfield, Illinois
University of Wisconsin-Madison Carillon Tower
Western United States

South America

Oceania

Australia

National Carillon in Canberra, Australia

New Zealand

  • Wellington: The National War Memorial Carillon. 74 Bells.

Traveling

Only about a dozen carillons world-wide are intended to perform at several locations, or even while being driven around.

Belgium

United States

  • Cast in Bronze: 35 bells. Frank DellaPenna is the founder of this traveling carillon, the only one in the United States. [61]

Non-traditional carillons

(instruments with bells defined as non-traditional carillons by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America,[6] played from an electric keyboard or by any automatic mechanism)

Asia

Philippines

Europe

North America

United States

Eastern United States
Central United States
Western United States

South America

Oceania

Australia

Pseudo-carillons

(instruments that sound like a carillon but fall outside the definitions of a carillon by the World Carillon Federation and by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America[7])

  • Some modern instruments (such as some made by Schulmerich) use semantra (rectangular metal bars roughly the diameter of a pencil but of varying lengths) struck by an electric solenoid. The resulting sound feeds through an electronic amplifier into audio speakers. Though sometimes called 'carillon' as well, these do not conform to the definitions given by the World Carillon Federation or the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America.
  • Acoustics of Bell Plates, guide to bell plate acoustics written by Joe Wolfe from the music acoustics group at the University of New South Wales.

Asia

Europe

North America

United States

South America

Oceania

References

  1. ^ The World Carillon Federation fixes the definition of a carillon as follows: "A carillon is a musical instrument composed of tuned bronze bells which are played from a baton keyboard. Only those carillons having at least 23 bells will be taken into consideration".
  2. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "traditional carillon" as one played from a traditional baton keyboard.
  3. ^ www.upcarillon.org by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association. Restored in 2007. The tower and its carillon were in a bad state.
  4. ^ a b This carillon or its keyboard might not be in fully working order. Cite error: The named reference "nwo" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ Guild of Carillonneurs in North America: The Carillon as a Musical Instrument
  6. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "non-traditional carillon" as a musical instrument with bells, but played by any mechanism other than a baton keyboard.
  7. ^ The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) defines a carillon as "a musical instrument consisting of at least two octaves of carillon bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard permitting control of expression through variation of touch. A carillon bell is a cast bronze cup-shaped bell whose partial tones are in such harmonious relationship to each other as to permit many such bells to be sounded together in varied chords with harmonious and concordant effect." The GCNA's Co-Webmaster defines a "traditional carillon" as one played from a traditional baton keyboard, and a "non-traditional carillon" as a musical instrument with bells but played from an electric keyboard or by any automatic method. Anything else is not a carillon according to the GCNA – and definitively not a carillon according to the World Carillon Federation.