carillon meaning

• Noun: carillon  'karu`lón
  1. Set of bells hung in a bell tower 
  2. Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
     - bell ringing, carillon playing

  Derived forms: carillons

  Type of: bell, chime, gong, music [archaic]

  Encyclopedia: Carillon

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  [Architecture]
  1.

  A bell tower; a campanile.

  2.

  A set of fixed bells, usually hung in a tower and struck by hammers.

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  [Engineering]
  A musical instrument played from a keyboard with two or more full chromatic octaves of fine bells shaped for homogeneity of timbre.

• carillon playing:    Noun: carillon pla ...
• electronic carillon:    [Electronics]An el ...

Examples

1. It houses a carillon, an instrument of 57 bronze bells.
2. She specifically said she would lend nothing to Carillon Historical Park.
3. In 1972 the carillon was restored and extended to 50 bells.
4. A carillon clavier has both a manual and a pedal keyboard.
5. Concerts and recitals are performed on the carillon throughout the summer.