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DaveRo Identify carillon song-maybe a christmas song (8) RE: Identify carillon song-maybe a christmas song 23 Feb 23

I was surprised to read in wikipedia that "To be considered a carillon, a minimum of 23 bells are needed; otherwise, it is called a chime."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chime_(bell_instrument)

I come from a family of bell ringers and my father was a Ringing Master, though I haven't rung a church bell since I was about 10. ISTR we referred to any setup whereby you could pull a set of ropes or thump a wooden 'keyboard' with your fists to chime ringable bells with hammers as a carillon. (Actually, we called it a 'carillion' - and I still do.)

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