Instruments By Country
Overview of highest concentrations of carillons (as defined by the World Carillon Federation) :
Region | Surface area (km²) |
Number of carillons |
Concentration per 1000 km² |
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Netherlands | 41,526 | 182 | 4.383 | |
Belgium | 30,528 | 89 | 2.915 | |
Flanders and Brussels | 13,683 | 66 | 4.824 | |
Wallonia | 16,844 | 23 | 1.365 | |
Nord, France | 5,743 | 15 | 2.612 | |
Côte d'Or, France | 8,763 | 5 | 0.571 | |
Denmark | 43,098 | 23 | 0.534 | |
for comparison only: | ||||
USA | 9,631,420 | 164 | 0.017 | |
Australia | 7,741,220 | 2 | 0.0002 |
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Netherlands Carillon, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
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Century Tower (University of Florida).
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Burton Memorial Tower, University of Michigan
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Lurie Tower, North Campus, University of Michigan, view from the East.
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The 104-foot Beaumont Tower of Michigan State University, with a 49-bell carillon.
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Storke Tower, the 175-foot University of California, Santa Barbara bell tower with a 61-bell carillon.
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The 161-foot University of California, Riverside bell tower with a 48-bell carillon.
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Denny Chimes, University of Alabama, completed in 1929.
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Campanile and 50‐bell Stanton Memorial Carillon, Iowa State University, Ames.
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University of Northern Iowa Campanile and 47‐bell carillon, built in 1926, Cedar Falls.
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Jane A. Meyer Carillon, Missouri State University, Springfield.
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Plummer Carillon, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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Cleveland Tower, Princeton University Graduate College with a 67‐bell carillon.
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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, the University of Chicago, with the 72-bell Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon.
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Duke University Chapel's 50-bell carillon, played daily.
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The Bok Singing Tower, a 60-bell carillon cast by Taylor houses the Anton Brees Carillon Library and the archives of the GCNA.
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National Carillon, Canberra, Australia: 55 bells, 50 metre tower.
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National War Memorial, New Zealand: a 74 bell carillon, including the largest carillon bell in the southern hemisphere ("Peace", 12.5 ton).
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Mobile carillon, Poland
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University of Kansas Campanile, Lawrence, KS
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The Wisbech Institute Clock Tower, 23-bell carillon, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK
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