Traditional carillons in North America:
concert class, in sequence

The table below is an index to the 119 North American traditional carillons of 4 octaves or more (concert class), in order by the year in which they first attained that size.  Instruments reaching concert class in the same year are in order by the city name, and share the same sequence number (first column).

The three parts of the "Initial" column show the year in which each instrument attained concert class, how that happened (as a Complete installation, as the Extension of a smaller instrument to its present size, as the Foundation of an instrument which was later enlarged, or as an Intermediate enlargement of a smaller instrument which was later enlarged further), and the number of bells which it had at that time.  For instruments which were later enlarged or had some bells replaced, a Final size is also shown.  The two instruments of this class which later lost their traditional keyboard are tagged "non-trad".

Seq  Location (City : Country)                      Initial   - Final

1920s - 10 instruments
  1. NEW YORK - RC                 : USA - NY     1925  F  53 - 74
  2. OTTAWA - PT                   : CANADA - ON  1927  C  53
  ". PHILADELPHIA - FM             : USA - PA     1927  F  48 - 50
  4. ALBANY - CH                   : USA - NY     1928  F  47 - 49
  ". BLOOMFIELD HILLS - CCC        : USA - MI     1928  F  48 - 50
  ". COHASSET                      : USA - MA     1928  I  51 - 57
  ". LAKE WALES - B                : USA - FL     1928  F  48 - 60
  ". NORWOOD                       : USA - MA     1928  F  50 = 50
  ". SPRINGFIELD - TM              : USA - MA     1928  C  48
 10. INDIANAPOLIS - SRC            : USA - IN     1929  F  49 - 54
1930s - 6 instruments
 11. LINCOLN - FP/1                : USA - NE     1931  F  48 - 57
 12. CHICAGO - UC                  : USA - IL     1932  C  72
 "". DURHAM - DU                   : USA - NC     1932  C  50
 "". RICHMOND - WM                 : USA - VA     1932  F  53 = 53
 15. ANN ARBOR - UM/1              : USA - MI     1936  F  53 - 55
 16. LURAY                         : USA - VA     1937  C  47
1940s - 3 instruments
 17. OTTAWA - STJ                  : CANADA - ON  1940  C  47
 18. PRINCETON - PU                : USA - NJ     1943  I  49 - 67
 19. NIAGARA FALLS - RB            : CANADA - ON  1948  C  55
1950s - 19 instruments
 20. CULVER                        : USA - IN     1951  C  51
 "". LAWRENCE                      : USA - KS     1951  C  53
 22. GROSSE POINTE FARMS - GPMC    : USA - MI     1952  E  47
 "". PHILADELPHIA - STV            : USA - PA     1952  E  47
 24. MISSOULA                      : USA - MT     1953  C  47
 "". SAN ANTONIO                   : USA - TX     1953  F  47 - 48
 "". VALLEY FORGE                  : USA - PA     1953  I  56 - 58
 27. CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - CS        : USA - OH     1954  E  47
 "". JACKSON                       : USA - TN     1954  C  47
 29. CHARLESTON - C                : USA - SC     1955  C  59 - 59
 "". MORRISTOWN                    : USA - NJ     1955  I  47 - 49
 31. AMES                          : USA - IA     1956  I  49 - 50
 "". MONTREAL - O                  : CANADA - QU  1956  C  56
 33. GREEN BAY                     : USA - WI     1957  C  47
 "". EAST LANSING                  : USA - MI     1957  I  47 - 49
 35. SEWANEE - 1                   : USA - TN     1958  C  56
 36. NORTHFIELD                    : USA - VT     1959  E  47
 "". ROANOKE - HC                  : USA - VA     1959  C  47
 "". SAINT PAUL - HHPC             : USA - MN     1959  I  48 - 49
1960s - 22 instruments
 39. ARLINGTON                     : USA - VA     1960  F  49 - 50
 "". BLOOMFIELD HILLS - KH/1       : USA - MI     1960  C  77
 41. SPRINGFIELD -  TR             : USA - IL     1962  F  66 - 67
 42. MADISON - UW                  : USA - WI     1963  I  51 - 56
 "". MEXICO CITY - BNOP            : MEXICO       1963  C  47
 "". WASHINGTON - NC/1             : USA - DC     1963  C  53
 "". WASHINGTON - NSIC             : USA - DC     1963  C  56
 46. MOUNT HERMON                  : USA - MA     1966  C  47 - non-trad
 "". GREENVILLE - FU/2             : USA - SC     1966  C  59 - non-trad
 "". NEW HAVEN - YU                : USA - CT     1966  E  54
 "". RIVERSIDE - UC                : USA - CA     1966  C  48
 50. MILWAUKEE - MU                : USA - WI     1967  C  48
 "". VICTORIA - NCC                : CANADA - BC  1967  F  49 - 62
 52. BIRMINGHAM - SU               : USA - AL     1968  F  49 - 60
 "". CEDAR FALLS                   : USA - IA     1968  E  47
 "". CLEVELAND - CC                : USA - OH     1968  C  47
 "". SPOKANE                       : USA - WA     1968  C  49
 "". STAMFORD - FPC                : USA - CT     1968  E  56
 57. CHARLOTTE - CPC               : USA - NC     1969  E  47
 "". MARIEMONT                     : USA - OH     1969  E  49
 "". PLAINFIELD                    : USA - NJ     1969  E  47
 "". SANTA BARBARA                 : USA - CA     1969  C  61
1970s - 20 instruments
 61. BLOOMINGTON - 1               : USA - IN     1971  C  61
 "". MORGAN CITY                   : USA - LA     1971  C  61
 "". SAINT LOUIS - CS              : USA - MO     1971  C  49
 "". TORONTO - MUC                 : CANADA - ON  1971  E  54
 65. GASTONIA - FPC                : USA - NC     1973  C  49
 "". ROCHESTER - UR                : USA - NY     1973  C  50
 67. FORT WASHINGTON               : USA - PA     1974  C  48
 "". TORONTO - EP                  : CANADA - ON  1974  C  50
 69. PROVO                         : USA - UT     1975  C  52
 "". TORONTO - UT                  : CANADA - ON  1975  E  51
 71. CORPUS CHRISTI - FBC          : USA - TX     1976  C  51
 "". HOLLAND                       : USA - PA     1976  E  49
 73. ALFRED                        : USA - NY     1977  E  47
 "". NORTHAMPTON - 1               : USA - MA     1977  E  47
 "". ROCHESTER                     : USA - MN     1977  E  56
 76. HARTFORD - TC                 : USA - CT     1978  E  49
 "". MCDONOGH                      : USA - MD     1978  C  48
 "". WINSTON-SALEM                 : USA - NC     1978  F  47 - 48
 79. BERKELEY - UC                 : USA - CA     1979  I  48 - 61
 "". GAINESVILLE                   : USA - FL     1979  F  49 - 61
1980s - 15 instruments
Notice the curious coincidence between the sequence numbers and years of the first three instruments below, as well as for Berkeley just above.
 81. TUXTLA GUTIERREZ              : MEXICO       1981  C  48
 82. CLEARWATER                    : USA - FL     1982  C  49
 83. CENTRALIA                     : USA - IL     1983  C  65
 84. DALLAS - HP                   : USA - TX     1985  C  48
 "". WEST HARTFORD                 : USA - CT     1985  E  50
 86. GLENCOE                       : USA - IL     1986  C  48
 "". HOUSTON - HV                  : USA - TX     1986  F  47 - 53
 "". MIDDLEBURY                    : USA - VT     1986  E  48
 "". SIMSBURY                      : USA - CT     1986  C  55
 90. AUSTIN - 2                    : USA - TX     1987  E  56
 "". CLEMSON - CU                  : USA - SC     1987  C  47
 "". HUNTSVILLE                    : USA - AL     1987  C  48
 93. DAYTON - D                    : USA - OH     1988  F  50 - 57
 "". OMAHA - UNO                   : USA - NE     1988  C  47
 "". WACO - BU/2                   : USA - TX     1988  C  48
1990s - 10 instruments
 96. GARDEN GROVE                  : USA - CA     1990  C  52
 97. ALLENDALE                     : USA - MI     1994  C  48
 "". BELMONT - FPC                 : USA - NC     1994  C  48
 99. FREDERICK - BP                : USA - MD     1995  E  49
100. ANN ARBOR - UM/2              : USA - MI     1996  C  60
 "". MERCERSBURG                   : USA - PA     1996  E  49 - 50
102. ATHENS                        : USA - WV     1997  C  48
103. CORPUS CHRISTI - CGS          : USA - TX     1999  E  48
 "". DENVER - UD                   : USA - CO     1999  C  65
 "". MEMPHIS                       : USA - TN     1999  E  48
2000s - 14 instruments
106. BEREA - 2                     : USA - KY     2000  C  56
 "". GRAND RAPIDS                  : USA - MI     2000  C  48
 "". NAPERVILLE                    : USA - IL     2000  C  72
109. KENNETT SQUARE                : USA - PA     2001  C  62
 "". SPRINGFIELD --                : USA - MO     2001  C  48
 "". STANFORD                      : USA - CA     2001  E  48
112. DETROIT - STMR                : USA - MI     2002  C  51
 "". ERIE - PS                     : USA - PA     2002  C  48
 "". MUNCIE - BSU                  : USA - IN     2002  C  48
115. BLOOMFIELD HILLS - STH        : USA - MI     2004  C  48
116. DALLAS - CG                   : USA - TX     2005  C  49
 "". MINNEAPOLIS - CL              : USA - MN     2005  C  47
118. BRYN MAWR - P                 : USA - PA     2006  E  49
119. SUGAR GROVE - 2               : USA - OH     2008  C  48


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