Talk:List of carillons of the British Isles

Another?
Our church in England has 8 bells hit with hammers connected to levers, and a pneumatic player mechanism. There is much you cannot play! But is it a carillon? 86.186.158.19 (talk) 05:55, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi! According to the Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland and other carillon-related institutions, an instrument must have at least 23 bells (among other requirements) to be a carillon. Thrakkx (talk) 20:47, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Earlier carillons
Not sure about the premise that ALL British carillons were post-first World War. Are there others? Alansplodge (talk) 16:47, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The Royal Exchange, London has a carillon dating from 1844, which you can hear in this YouTube clip of the 1950 restoration (see also ).
 * The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon, Bournville Village Primary School dates from 1906.


 * The 1844 carillon is not a carillon per the definition of the CSBI (and most organizations concerned with carillons in general), which requires there be at least 23 bells; this instrument has only 13
 * For the same reason as above, the Bournville carillon did not qualify as one until 15 bells were added to the original 22 in 1923.
 * Still, the article doesn't say all, but rather primarily constructed in the interwar period. Thrakkx (talk) 20:46, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Understood, many thanks. Alansplodge (talk) 10:42, 7 August 2022 (UTC)