Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Carillon

Carillon

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 27, 2021 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:42, 17 October 2021 (UTC)



A carillon is a pitched percussion instrument housed in bell towers and played with a keyboard. Consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order, carillons are usually owned by churches, universities, or municipalities. The bells are struck with clappers connected to a keyboard of wooden batons played with the hands and pedals played with the feet. They are among the world's heaviest instruments, usually between 4.5 and 15 MT. The tuned carillon was invented in the Netherlands in 1644, cast by Jacob van Eyck and the Hemony brothers. Today, most are found in and around Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France, though nearly 200 are in North America. Almost all existing carillons were built in the 20th century. In 2014, UNESCO recognized the carillon cultures of the Netherlands and Belgium as part of their intangible cultural heritage.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Roland TR-808
 * Main editors: Thrakkx
 * Promoted: September 11, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: This is a recently-promoted article. According to WikiProject Musical Instruments, only six articles about musical instruments have made it to FA-class, and the last time one was featured on the main page (mentioned above) was October 17, 2017.
 * Support as nominator. Thrakkx (talk) 22:30, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Gog the Mild (talk) 23:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment The subject needs to be wikilinked in the blurb.Mojo0306 (talk) 18:27, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * oops, thanks for pointing that out. Thrakkx (talk) 20:41, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Glad to help! I now Support. Mojo0306 (talk) 21:08, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Edwininlondon (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2021 (UTC)