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A carillon ( or ;〔(definition of ''carillon'' in the Oxford Learner's Dictionaries )〕 ) is a musical instrument that is typically housed in the bell tower (belfry) of a church or municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to produce a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. A traditional manual carillon is played by striking a keyboard — the stick-like keys of which are called batons — with the fists, and by pressing the keys of a pedal keyboard with the feet. The keys mechanically activate levers and wires that connect to metal clappers that strike the inside of the bells, allowing the performer on the bells, or ''carillonneur/carillonist'' to vary the intensity of the note according to the force applied to the key. Although unusual, real carillons have occasionally been fitted to theatre organs (instead of the metal bars or chimes more often used in simulation), such as the Christie organ installed at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, in London.〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕 The carillon is the heaviest of all extant musical instruments.〔The Mark II and Mark III Telharmonium〕 In German, a carillon is also called a ''Glockenspiel''; while the percussion instrument called a "glockenspiel" by English speakers is often called a ''carillon'' in French. ==History== In medieval times, swinging bells were first used as a way of notifying people of fires, storms, wars, and other events. A ringing of bells from the lowest note to the highest note indicated that an attack had taken place. The use of bells in a musical fashion originated in the 16th century in the Low Countries. The first carillon was in Flanders, where a "fool" performed music on the bells of Oudenaarde Town Hall in 1510 by making use of a baton keyboard. The word "carillon" is from the French ''quadrillon'', meaning four bells. Bell towers were often used to alert the city of the time of day, and just before the strike of the hour bell a few higher tones were struck to gain the attention of the city-folk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carillon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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