noun
definition
A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
definition
A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Examples of carillon in a Sentence
A few members of the Guild took the opportunity to go along and play the carillon on the open day.
When the tower was first built it contained a 21 bell carillon by Taylors of 1877.
The tenor of the ringing peal is also the bass bell of the carillon.
The picture shows Ed Nasser at the clavier of the 52 bell carillon in Washington National Cathedral, USA.
In the episode "Saga of a Star World", Boxey and Muffit go to Carillon and exits near a tylium deposit.
De Montmorency Laval, First Bishop Of Quebec, Brings Him Nearer To His Proper Themes, Which Are Found In Full Perfection In The Chant Du Vieux Soldat Canadien, Composed In 1856 To Honour The First French Man Of War That Visited British Quebec, And Le Drapeau De Carillon (1858), A Centennial Paean For Montcalm'S Canadians At Ticonderoga.