Index of all Asia and the Pacific Riman traditional carillons by maker

NOTE: This list is not complete - many instruments remain to be added.

Carillons in Asia and the Pacific Rim contain bells supplied by a variety of bellfoundries. Most such sites (exceptions as noted below) are listed here by foundry in the following order:

Unknown
Eijsbouts
Petit & Fritsen
Gillett & Johnston
Taylor
van Bergen
Whitechapel

Within each foundry group, sites are listed in order by year of installation (unknown first).
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

C = Complete instrument
F = Foundation; originally a complete installation, later expanded
I = Intermediate expansion
E = Final expansion to current state
R = Recast/replaced (without changing number or disposition)
T = Tune or re-tuned at the foundry

Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:

  trad      - carillon with traditional keyboard
  trad*     - carillon with traditional keyboard now,
              but with other mechanism and/or chime size at the date cited
  (...)...  - instrument was replaced; link is to the same site
  [...]     - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
              (for Miscellaneous foundries only)

NOTES:

Defunct instruments which were not replaced are not listed here, but may be found in the individual complete indexes for particular bellfoundries (see list).
When relevant, links to the separate index pages for the total output of each foundry are available at the end of a foundry section below.
For foundries outside this Region, the site list below is a subset of the foundry's total production. Links to the individual foundry indexes appear below.

Bellfoundry unknown

The sources which reported the existence of these instruments, or the phase of work listed here, did not identify their makers. They are listed in city name order rather than date order.

OSAKA - Mobile                : JAPAN        19?? C
   Traveling carillon
   (unknown)

Eijsbouts, Asten, Netherlands

ITAMI                         : JAPAN        1990 C
   The Bells of Flanders
   (unknown)
SHIGARAKI                     : JAPAN        1990 C
   The Joy of Angels
   Shinji Shumeikai
   (esoteric school)
SASEBO - HTB/1                : JAPAN        1991 C
   Carillon Symphonica
   Museumstad
   Huis ten Bosch
SASEBO - HTB/4                : JAPAN        1992 C
   Self-propelled carillon
   Huis ten Bosch
WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  1995 I
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial

Complete list of Eijsbouts foundry output.

Petit & Fritsen, Aarle-Rixtel, Netherlands

TAEJON (DAEJON)               : KOREA        2002 C
   Hyechon College
QUEZON CITY - UPD             : PHILIPPINES  2007 C
   Carillon Tower
   University of the Philippines-Diliman

Complete list of Petit & Fritsen foundry output.

Gillett & Johnston, Croydon, England

WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  1932 F
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial

Complete list of Gillett & Johnston foundry output.

Taylor, Loughborough, England

SYDNEY - U                    : AUSTRALIA    1928 F
   Clocktower
   Main Building
   University of Sydney
CANBERRA - A                  : AUSTRALIA    1970 F
   The National Carillon
   Aspen Island
   Lake Burley Griffin
SYDNEY - U                    : AUSTRALIA    1976 E
   Clocktower
   Main Building
   University of Sydney
WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  1986 I
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial
CANBERRA - A                  : AUSTRALIA    2003 E
   The National Carillon
   Aspen Island
   Lake Burley Griffin

Complete list of Taylor foundry output.

Vanbergen, Heiligerlee, Netherlands

QUEZON CITY - UPD             : PHILIPPINES  1952 C (trad)
   Carillon Tower
   University of the Philippines-Diliman

Complete list of Vanbergen foundry output.

Whitechapel, London, England

Older bells carry the name Mears & Stainbank

WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  1996 E
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial
SYDNEY - U                    : AUSTRALIA    2003 R
   Clocktower
   Main Building
   University of Sydney

Complete list of Whitechapel foundry output.

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This index page was built from the database on 18-Nov-06 and last revised on 3-Apr-08.

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