What is a carillon 编钟 ? "A Carillon Is..." (2nd edition) - Wat is een beiaard?

What is a Carillon??? "A Carillon Is..." tries to give you an answer to all your questions about the largest bell instrument on earth. 2nd version. Marc Van Eyck (Leuven) and Jo Haazen (Mechelen) play background carillon music while this video explains basic knowledge about this beautiful, historical and Flemish bell instrument: a carillon. - Wat is een beiaard? Deze video geeft een beknopt overzicht van alles wat je over een beiaard moet weten. Het is in het engels om zoveel mogelijk mensen de bereiken, waarvoor onze excuses

[@RichardKleinschmidt]

Thanks. My dad was the carilloneur at Niagara Falls. I spent nearly every day of the summer up in the tower, but he died when I was 10 and then it all stopped. This morning, I got the urge to relive the past. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@bornhard3681]

very touching.

[@anwendutson4421]

Our old Masonic Lodge has a carillon tower, but I believe the carillon itself is gone or in such poor condition that it can no longer be used. When I was a child, an old fellow would go up whenever the whim hit him and play it for hours on end - between it chiming the hour. Christmas time was the best, though. He played nearly constantly during that time of year and the weather, with the snow and cold, seemed to make the notes "crisper". The old guy played until he could no longer climb the steps to the tower, but had taught a young woman to play (she was a pianist), but she would get frustrated with it and quit a few years later. I don't know if anyone else attempted to play it as I had moved away to the big city by then. Now I'm back and what sounds like a recording is played on the hours. This carillon is in The Dalles, OR.

[@Towncarguy52]

Utterly fascinating!

[@KNJ1966]

Thank you! I am an elementary school music teacher. My student read about the carillon and heard a recording, but this brings it to life for them.

[@bloodelfreku]

possibly the coolest instrument in the entire world.

[@seijisawamura000]

wonderful musical instrument. thank you for including info in the video for people to learn

[@brit3535]

Well I never knew any of that. They say you should learn something new every day. I think I have a few days banked up .Thanks for doing the 2nd edition. The first edition looked good. Shame it was destroyed.

[@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH]

The mechanism that operates a carillion is the same as the mechanical tracker action used in some pipe organs.As with the organ do some modern carillions use electric action where the Bells are struck by solonoids operated from a normal keyboard.

[@burcuhusrevoglu8191]

This was a very informative video and very nice to watch! Thank you!

[@RayJayFry]

I loved this video. It brought back great memories of when I studied at the carillon school with Piet van den Broek

[@bored1980]

Superb! 20 minutes ago I didn't know this instrument existed, now I want to hear more!

[@Zylstra555]

And now I know! I wish we had these in our area. Thank you.

[@Raiderhater1013]

Very good, I have never heard a better recording of a carillon or glockenspiel as I know it. Very well done, and a great instrament, it's amazing to listen to this in person.

[@djmario2381]

The bell at 2:40 is the big bell of cathedral in Bern, Switzerland.

[@MsFishty]

Wow! I really enjoyed this video. Would love to see more. It reminds me of our carillon in 'Cobh Bells'.

[@disturbanite8]

What a dark ambient instrument. Love it!

[@robertgift]

WONDERFUL! DELIGHTFUL! INFORMATIVE! Now get rid of the lousy music in "1st Edition". It would then be nice, too.

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH - THis is what John Gouwens answered, I quote (part I): There are indeed some “carillon-sized bell instruments” that use solenoids (or in a few cases pneumatic actions) to operate the bells, in some cases applied for the automatic action of a traditional carillon, in other cases in lieu of the traditional carillon keyboard.

[@SailorBarsoom]

Very cool. The world's first "heavy metal" music!

[@audinos1840]

It would be a difficult instrument for anyone with perfect pitch, because while the clavier corresponds to a piano keyboard in form, the pitches often don't. Strike a C and you'll often hear a different note.

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what Carl S Zimmermann answered: I quote (Part IV): The volume of sound from a bell is highly variable depending on the velocity with which the clapper strikes, and electric actions have not yet been able to reproduce the full range of that variation, much less provide control of such variation to the player in the manner that the baton + tracker action does.

[@robertwesex2533]

Out standing, brother!!

[@quasimodo2]

Thanx four your comment. Imagine you are sick, black, poor, non-european and almost dying, and the carillonneur is playing the song you danced on your wedding day. It might give you 3 minutes of joy, forgetting all your misery and pain... and hours later you still have that song in your mind... That is what we offer your for free... and if you don't give a shit about the carillon, it is OK. Carillonneurs just play 1 hour a week. Busses will make more noice than the carillon in a week's.

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what Carl S Zimmermann answered: I quote (Part III): That electric action works well in organs but not with bells should not be surprising. Organ pipes speak only one way, with air at constant pressure, so all volume control must be done with swell boxes. (Tracker action can theoretically yield some very small variation in attack, but has no advantage thereafter.)

[@quasimodo2]

@Mumriken Hi Mumriken. Compare it with hammering a nail, you move the hammer up and down but at the end of the movement its the hammer that hits the nail, in our case here we push gentle the key down with our pink finger (it looks as if we "bang" but we absorb the inertia by turning our wrists). At the moment the clapper hits the bell, we are allready on our way to next key. To understand better the movement in slow motion: take a basketball and bounce it between your hand and the ground.

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what John Gouwens answered, I quote (Part II): While a few - really very few - of the electric or pneumatic actions applied to bells are set up to provide some dynamic contrast, none approach the range of dynamics and character of sound that a skilled carillonneur can produce. In that sense, the distinction is very different from an electro-pneumatic organ.

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what Jeff Davis answered: I quote: Grace Cathedral has this Marc. It is played from a small electric keyboard inside the cathedral. I can't imagine that the brutal force with which the solonoids drive the clappers to the bell isn't, over time, damaging to the bells. Jeff

[@NatterK]

Does anybody know if there is an automated carillon active (or still functionable) that predates the introduction of the Jacquard loom? One from the 18th century or earlier? And are there any videos, pictures or articles about them, if in existance?

[@PureDanceFTW]

I am a carilloner and i plat the carillon!

[@sims1ification]

Stromberg Carlson made electronic or electromechanical imitation carillons in the 1950s and 1960s. I believe they use struck metal bars and hammers and some form of amplification with loudspeakers. That's all I know of them.

[@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH]

I assume that carillions that use Pneumatic actions are attached to or form part of the specification of a pipe organ,as it needs wind in order to function As there are examples of pipe organs that incoporate a carillion in their specification but this is usually only 1 or 2 octaves at the most and in most cases use tubular chimes or small brass bells of handbell size due to space limitations.

[@quasimodo2]

@Kylyx (1) you need a carillon. Brasil has 2 carillons: Sao Paulo, Cathedral Metropolitano (Catedral da Se) ; Vila Formosa, Igreja Nossa Senhora Sagrada Coracao. (2) learn to play. One of possibilities is going to the Carillon School in Mechelen (Belgium). Try to fly over to Europe twice a year for one or two weeks and get course from morning till evening. Normal studies take 6 years for diploma. Depending your progress it can take less or more. Good luck!

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what Carl S Zimmerman answered: I quote (part I): There is one instance (that I know of) in North America where a baton keyboard operates an electric action rather than a tracker action. That is one of the two sets of bells in The Tennessee Bicentennial Bells, Nashville, Tennessee. (See gcna.org/data/TNNASHT1.htm)

[@KeepDeltaMyDelta]

I'd love to play this on my carillon. Do you know where I'd be able to order the music?

[@Kylyx]

how can i become a carillonneur? im brazilian.

[@Guitarisforgrins]

This video should be titled "What does audio clipping sound like?"

[@ivanobettini5793]

what is the Name of the Song?

[@quasimodo2]

Position: 5:40 -1) preludium in d from Staf Nees (Former director of the Jef Denyn Royal Carillon School , Mechelen, Belgium) -2)"Hoog op de gele wagen" : Dutch/German folksong. Translation: High on the Yellow Stagecoach See: www.stefenfen.nl/gelewagen.htm See also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3jPgGxsZt-WfJY See also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooimk5mMeJqkhsU See also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5aonJxte9lrgbM See also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzQioydhLJjmJI

[@quasimodo2]

Preludium in d, written for carillon by Staf Nees.

[@polymath7]

Anyone who thinks it difficult to find practice time as a carilloneur should try conducting. It is almost impossible to find a suitable baton, and those few there are, are hideously expensive and wear out quickly. I had to unlearn years of bad habits I'd formed using inferior quality batons and improper gripping and waving techniques. Eventually fortune smiled on me and I was taken under the wing of none other than Bjorn Higglesdorf (who happens to also be an *astoundingly* skilled gongist).

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I just acquired a Stromberg Carlson Carillon. Anyone know how many were made and the value of one? Any history would be appreciated.

[@Mumriken]

Doesn't it hurt when you use your fists like that on the keys? It looks like they smack them quite hard!

[@renatonovis]

would be perfect in a gothic band *__*

[@CrabOfDoom]

@TheEternalTriumphant - there ARE black Europeans, dude. We also have both a large black population and a carillon park in Dayton, Ohio. It's very much a part of the city and its heritage, even if that heritage doesn't go back a thousand years. Carillon bells are a form of music, like any other. Music is a universal language and is often the only free pleasure poor neighborhoods have. Almost all of the pioneers of rock and roll were poor people who gave a shit about music, whatever form it took

[@quasimodo2]

@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH This is what Carl S Zimmerman answered: I quote (Part II): Although the electric action is supposed to be velocity-sensitive, experienced carillonneurs who have tried this instrument (following the Guild Congress at Sewanee) could not hear (or make!) any significant difference in the sound of the bells. Our conclusion was that the experiment was interesting but not successful.

[@Djinnjaha]

" ...or "having your own tower" ... " Hmm... what does a carillon and tower of your own, cost? Who makes and sells them? Is there a shop where you can walk in off the street, and buy one? If a new one is a bit beyond your price range, is there a yard you can visit, that sells used carillons and their towers? And, if you did manage to buy one of your own, would you need to apply for planning permission, or resource consent beforehand, or can you just go ahead and erect one? It would be on your property, after all! One final question: does the carillon and tower come with a volume knob, so you don't wake up the neighbours, and have officers from the council come round and serve you with noise abatement notices?!!

[@quasimodo2]

Good questions. Cost of a tower: depends how high, what material used, elevator or not, etc. Cost of a carillon: prices start at 350.000 euro for a small carillon, they go up to I guess let's say 40.000 kg x 30 euro/kg = 1.200.000 + extra's (automatic play, practice keyboard..). Yes, you can go to the bell foundry and say: I want a carillon in my tower, please give me your best price. You'll have one ready in about 1 to 1 1/2 year, depending the size you want. Most of the time, the carillons will be in the tower for centuries. Sometimes, like in Eindhoven in the Netherlands, they removed the carillon to an other tower. In Antwerp, Belgium they had two carillons. One was kind of given to the city of Hoogstraten, after the war. Last example, the old carillon of Meise, Belgium was replaced by a new (better) carillon. The old bells were exposed outside the church and some of them stolen... Most carillons has names and dedications on the bells. If I would buy my own carillon, I would prefer to have my name on my bells!! Yes, you need to be in order of all regulations, that is normal. If you can buy an old Church with a tower, you can add a carillon to the existing swinging bells without any problem, that would be the easiest solution. You don't need to put your tower on your property. Many carillons in USA are donated by one person, and these carillons were put on the university campus where the persons studied, in the middle of the city where they lived or in an existing church. Some examples: Anton Brees Carillon Bok Tower Lake Wales Florida, The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon in Chicago and its sister instrument at Riverside Church in New York City, Thomas Rees memorial carillon Springfield Il, The Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Memorial Tower... etc. If an association or company wants to have a carillon of their own, they can buy or donate a carillon like the American Engineers Memorial Carillon in Leuven, Belgium, or the Philips Carillon Eindhoven.

[@lallanzinho]

How someone novice practice the carillon to learn? Does people complains much?

[@thecritiquevirtuoso]

@TheEternalTriumphant Tell me, are you an American Republican?

[@PlanetBongoSan]

And here's me thinking it was just a particularly crappy brand of midi keyboard. Colour me edumacated!

[@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH]

I assume that carillions that use Pneumatic actions are attached to or form part of the specification of a pipe organ,as it needs wind in order to function As there are examples of pipe organs that incoporate a carillion in their specification but this is usually only 1 or 2 octaves at the most and in most cases use tubular chimes or small brass bells of handbell size size due to space limitations.