The Antwerp carillon, although much smaller, is at a height of 270 feet, and these bells should be in a tower at least 300 feet high to get the best music.” Contact us at [email protected] ...

and thus introduced automated music. Carillon music can come from bell towers attached to buildings or, in the case of campaniles, bell towers stand on their own as upright individuals, lanky and lean ...

A carillon is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bells which have been precisely tuned so that many bells can be sounded together to produce a harmonious effect. The ...

Eighty-nine-year-old George Matthew Jr. clambered up a rough-hewn wooden ladder at the very top of the bell tower in Middlebury College's chapel to show a visitor the school's carillon, a set of ...

I also thought about how sad the day must have been, for so many people, when the sound of the carillon bells ceased (the day the music died). That was 30 years ago! No wonder not many people ...