It evolved into what is now known as the carillon - the world's heaviest musical instrument!. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Apparently if bells play a recognisable tune, they are different kind of bells and it's called a carillon or something. From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
As the carillon sang its song, I dreamt of success. From Wordnik.com. ["I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."] Reference
A carillon of thirty-seven bells has been placed within it. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Una bimba, il suo carillon, una dolce melodia, cieli eterei. From Wordnik.com. [No Fat Clips!!! : Rhian Sheehan – Standing in Silence Pt. 3 (Niva’s Tune)] Reference
Outside, an ice-cream van chimed a twentieth-century carillon. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
I'd have used "chimed" which is what a carillon normally does. From Wordnik.com. [At Swim, One Ambassador] Reference
Dropped coins and metal heels rang a carillon on the green tiles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
Like that carillon or the man singing loudly, the one with no hair. From Wordnik.com. [There's a Carnival in my Pocket..] Reference
Eerie, musical sound, like a carillon of glass bells, filled the air. From Wordnik.com. [Chosen Of The Gods]
The concert will begin with several pieces on the basilica's carillon. From Wordnik.com. [In Washington for convention, organists pull out all the stops] Reference
They listened as it chimed like a carillon in a cathedral, and they waited. From Wordnik.com. [Warning Signs]
A carillon of coins chimed in his pocket, calling out "spend me, spend me ..". From Wordnik.com. [At Swim, One Ambassador] Reference
French words, each one as sweet and distinct as the carillon of a silver bell. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
From the Seven Society, for the purchase of a carillon for the University Chapel. From Wordnik.com. [Board of Visitors minutes] Reference
After several years, the sound became like carillon bells, tolling every step he made. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference
Louder than the carillon I put up with every day from the cathedral a quarter mile away?. From Wordnik.com. [Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Who couldn't love a writer who can craft a sentence like "A carillon of coins chinkled in his pocket."?. From Wordnik.com. [At Swim, One Ambassador] Reference
Some of us might have preferred to settle down comfortably at the foot of a carillon tower to listen to the bells. From Wordnik.com. [Living Within the Sound of Sirens] Reference
Just the flat blue sky, the concrete WPA-style dome, the giant carillon bells that tolled thunder across the campus. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
I had hoped to have the bell tower replaced with a modern carillon, but the Renovations Committee refused to consider it. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
A carillon of bells rippled over the tannoy, announcing the first sitting for lunch and giving them all an honorable out. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of a Deathtime]
"What is a carillon?" inquired John Burley simply. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarians] Reference
Its 260-foot tower with carillon is, with the nearby. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Is China's economy really bigger than Japan's?] Reference
The child went out of the place sadly, as the carillon rang. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida] Reference
Then the marimbas will take a turn with an old carillon tune. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com]
There's a carillon, a renowned choir and regular concerts and recitals -- many of them free. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
I quickly learned many students weren't aware of the man playing the carillon every Tuesday at noon. From Wordnik.com. [State News Top Stories] Reference
During the World's Fair, a carillon was installed in the Space Needle, and played several times a day. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to NASA wants to send you to the moon - Lyrically speaking] Reference
But for his Newcastle performance he will be concentrating on his other great obsession - carillon bells. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Photo: #Huge carillon bells are housed in the Plummer Building bell tower at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. From Wordnik.com. [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference
The carillon is an ancient, keyboard-operated instrument found mostly in the bell towers of northern Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The carillon went under maintenance my third year into my forth, and I feared I would never hear the bells again. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Historic Bok Sanctuary: National historic landmark, Olmsted-designed gardens, singing tower with 60-bell carillon. From Wordnik.com. [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference
Go to the main entrance, which is near the carillon and the Pilgrim's Services Centre at the snack bar and gift shop. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
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