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List of university campus carillons / bell towers in North America.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:12 pm
I was researching universities to see which ones had carillons / bell towers like Clemson's Tillman Hall. I found this cool website that allows you to search and sort by different criteria and will even map them out, and I'd thought I share.
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This list doesn't include electronic carillons, only the carillons that have physical bells. Auburn's Samford Hall has an electronic one, although most people could not tell the difference.
It looks like Florida has a real one in that campus belltower.
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This list doesn't include electronic carillons, only the carillons that have physical bells. Auburn's Samford Hall has an electronic one, although most people could not tell the difference.
It looks like Florida has a real one in that campus belltower.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 7:14 pm
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Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:29 pm to Tillman
Ole Miss built the Paris-Yates Chapel and Peddle Bell Tower in the early 2000's. It has a 36 bell carillon.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:37 pm to DownSouthJukin
I don't fully understand this, but this towerbells.org website considers that a non-traditional carillon. It sounds like they have limited musical expression. It does have bells so it isn't electronic.
Does the university have a person that plays the carillon at times? CLemson has a woman who plays various songs, including pop songs like Call Me Maybe, 3 times a week.
Denny Chimes has a non-traditional carillon too and it appears it can't be played. All the chimes result from automatic controls.
Does the university have a person that plays the carillon at times? CLemson has a woman who plays various songs, including pop songs like Call Me Maybe, 3 times a week.
Denny Chimes has a non-traditional carillon too and it appears it can't be played. All the chimes result from automatic controls.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:49 pm to Tillman
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Does the university have a person that plays the carillon at times?
I don't know. I just know it was built after I left and I never fully understood why we needed a bell tower. Some alumni just wanted their name plastered on the tallest thing on campus, I suppose.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:52 pm to DownSouthJukin
it is def. not needed. lol
Clemson paid $63,000 for just one bell in 2012 to bring the total number up to 48 bells. It is probably a bell that rarely gets used.
It looks like Miss State has one but it is uses bell tone generators that are then amplified by a sound system.
Clemson paid $63,000 for just one bell in 2012 to bring the total number up to 48 bells. It is probably a bell that rarely gets used.
It looks like Miss State has one but it is uses bell tone generators that are then amplified by a sound system.
This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 4/19/17 at 11:25 pm to Tillman
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Denny Chimes has a non-traditional carillon too and it appears it can't be played. All the chimes result from automatic controls.
I'm not sure what you mean here. Denny Chimes can be played. There is an organ inside that is played manually on certain occasions.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 8:36 am to Tillman
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cool website
What a shitty site.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 9:23 am to Tillman
I believe Ouachita university should be on the list.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:38 am to Evolved Simian
you are right. Non-traditional carillon only means it has an electric keyboard.
Posted on 4/20/17 at 10:51 am to Rockbrc
Check this map out. click on north america box and then specific state boxes to zoom in on those states.
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if you think a building has a carillon,but it is not on that map, then it is probably an electronic carillon which doesn't have real bells. An example is Samford Hall's clocktower at Auburn. Electronic carillons mimic the sounds of bells and in some cases use the sounds of taped bells.
That map will show both traditional, and non-traditional carillons that have electric keyboards, as well as other small bell instruments like chimes.
LINK
if you think a building has a carillon,but it is not on that map, then it is probably an electronic carillon which doesn't have real bells. An example is Samford Hall's clocktower at Auburn. Electronic carillons mimic the sounds of bells and in some cases use the sounds of taped bells.
That map will show both traditional, and non-traditional carillons that have electric keyboards, as well as other small bell instruments like chimes.
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 10:54 am
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