Carillon (music box)
A carillon is a mechanical construction attached to or in historical buildings, which generates melodies by means of bells at set times or on request and often has a mechanically moving figurative representation. The bells can be made of metal, porcelain , ceramic or even glass.
For historical technical reasons, carillons are often found on astronomical clocks or in connection with bell towers . In contrast to the carillon , they are usually not used for manual play. The sound generation by means of bells instead of tongues also distinguishes them from the folk music box, the music box .
Famous carillons
Video contributions
Scenes of the Munich carillon at the New Town Hall (5149 kB)
Other excerpts from the carillon (67.41 million)
Other excerpts from the carillon (54.7 million)
Astronomical clock from 1472 with orig. Glockenspiel from 1642 in St. Marien in Rostock (4643 kB)
Carillon of the astronomical clock on the Zytglogge tower in Bern / Switzerland (5136 kB)
Glockenspiel in Bremer Böttcherstraße
Savior Tower in Moscow Kremlin
literature
- Ernst Fauer: Carillon in Apolda . In: Apoldaer Geschichtsverein e. V. (Hrsg.): Apoldaer Heimat - Contributions to the nature and local history of the city of Apolda and its surroundings . Issue 17. Apolda 1999, p. 17-23 .
