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- Dictionarycarillon/ˈkarɪlɒn/
noun
- 1. a set of bells played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll.
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A carillon ( KERR-ə-lon or kə-RIL-yən) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. Often housed in bell towers, carillons are usually owned by churches, universities, or municipalities. The bells are struck with clappers connected t... Wikipedia