User:STLbells/World Carillon Federation

The World Carillon Federation (WCF) (French: Fédération Mondiale du Carillon (FMC), Dutch: Beiaard Wereld Federatie (BWF) ) is an international federation of organizations which are concerned with carillons. Its organization, goals and operation are fully explained in the Statutes which may be found on its website.

The WCF uses a definition of carillon which not all instruments meet. It is as follows: "A carillon is a musical instrument consisting of tuned bronze bells which are played from a baton keyboard." Only those carillons having at least 23 bells will be taken into consideration. Instruments built before 1940 and composed of between 15 and 22 bells may be designated as 'historical carillons'.

The Federation maintains an extensive list of carillons around the world on the World Wide Web. The intention is that all carillons that meet its conditions are on this list.

The members of the WCF are multi-national, national or sub-national associations, and are located on three continents. The following associations are affiliated with the WCF:


 * Association Campanaire Wallonne (ACW) (🇧🇪/Wallonia)
 * Carillon Society of Australia (CSA) (🇦🇺)
 * Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland (CSBI) (🇬🇧)
 * Carillon Vereenegung Lëtzebuerg (CVL) (🇱🇺)
 * Confraria de Campaners i Carillonistes de Catalunya (CCCC)
 * Deutsche Glockenspiel Vereinigung (DGV) (🇩🇪)
 * The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) (🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦)
 * Guilde des Carillonneurs de France (GCF) (🇫🇷)
 * Guilde des Carillonneurs et Campanologues Suisses (GCCS)
 * Koninklijke Nederlandse Klokkenspel Vereniging (KNKV) (🇳🇱)
 * Lithuanian Carillonist Guild (LCG) (lit. )
 * Nordisk Selskap for Campanologi og Klokkespil (NSCK) (, 🇫🇮, 🇳🇴, 🇸🇪)
 * Polskie Stowarzyszenie Carillonowe (PSC) (🇵🇱)
 * Russian Carillon Foundation (RCF) (🇷🇺)
 * Vlaamse Beiaard Vereniging (VBV) (🇧🇪/Flanders)