Traditional carillons in North America:
index by year of completion

This is an index to the 181 existing North American traditional carillons, in order by year of completion (to the current number of bells).  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.

After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was enlarged from its previous size;
R - when the instrument's range changed, but not its size.
(Replacements which did not change the range are not considered here.)


    Location (City : Country)                Year
before 1920 - 2 instruments
NOTRE DAME                    : USA - IN     1856*C
  * a traditional keyboard was not added until the mid-20th c.
PHILADELPHIA - HT             : USA - PA     1883 C

1920s - 7 instruments
GLOUCESTER                    : USA - MA     1924 E
SIMCOE                        : CANADA - ON  1925 C
DETROIT - JAPC                : USA - MI     1926 C
CHICAGO - STC                 : USA - IL     1927 C
OTTAWA - PT                   : CANADA - ON  1927 C
NORWOOD                       : USA - MA     1928 C
SPRINGFIELD - TM              : USA - MA     1928 C

1930s - 10 instruments
NEW MILFORD                   : USA - CT     1931 C
STORRS - CC                   : USA - CT     1931 C
CHICAGO - UC                  : USA - IL     1932 C
DURHAM - DU                   : USA - NC     1932 C
RICHMOND - WM                 : USA - VA     1932 C
CONCORD - S                   : USA - NH     1933 C
HAMILTON - CCK                : CANADA - ON  1933 C
DANBURY - STJ                 : USA - CT     1936 E
LURAY                         : USA - VA     1937 C
SPRINGFIELD - HPC             : USA - MA     1937 C

1940s - 4 instruments
OTTAWA - STJ                  : CANADA - ON  1940 C
CHARLOTTESVILLE               : USA - VA     1947 C
NIAGARA FALLS - RB            : CANADA - ON  1948 C
NEW YORK - STM                : USA - NY     1949 C

1950s - 25 instruments
CULVER                        : USA - IN     1951 C
GLENDALE - CT                 : USA - OH     1951 C
LANSING - C                   : USA - MI     1951 C
LAWRENCE - KU                 : USA - KS     1951 C
ABILENE - MMC                 : USA - TX     1952 C
GROSSE POINTE FARMS - GPMC    : USA - MI     1952 E
PHILADELPHIA - STV            : USA - PA     1952 E
SELLERSVILLE                  : USA - PA     1952 C
CHAMPAIGN                     : USA - IL     1953 C
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - STP       : USA - OH     1953 E

MISSOULA                      : USA - MT     1953 C
WACO - STA                    : USA - TX     1953 C
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - CS        : USA - OH     1954 E
EVANSTON - SW                 : USA - IL     1954 C
JACKSON                       : USA - TN     1954 C
CHARLESTON - C                : USA - SC     1955 C
MONTREAL - O                  : CANADA - QU  1956 C
NEW YORK - RC                 : USA - NY     1956 E
OKLAHOMA CITY - STL           : USA - OK     1956 C
OKLAHOMA CITY - WPC           : USA - OK     1956 E

GREEN BAY                     : USA - WI     1957 C
HOUSTON - TLC                 : USA - TX     1957 C
SEWANEE - 1                   : USA - TN     1958 C
NORTHFIELD                    : USA - VT     1959 E
ROANOKE - HC                  : USA - VA     1959 C

1960s - 30 instruments
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - KH/1       : USA - MI     1960 C
WILMINGTON --                 : USA - OH     1960 C
BIRMINGHAM - FPC              : USA - AL     1961 E
DENVER - CWC                  : USA - CO     1961 C
HOUSTON - STJ                 : USA - TX     1962 E
MEXICO CITY - BNOP            : MEXICO       1963 C
VALLEY FORGE                  : USA - PA     1963 E
WASHINGTON - NC/1             : USA - DC     1963 C
WASHINGTON - NSIC             : USA - DC     1963 C
AIKEN                         : USA - SC     1964 C

GATES MILLS                   : USA - OH     1964 E
MIDDLETOWN - A                : USA - OH     1964 C
NEWARK - S                    : USA - OH     1964 E
READING - SLC                 : USA - PA     1964 C
INDIANAPOLIS - SRC            : USA - IN     1965 E
NEW CANAAN                    : USA - CT     1965 E
NEW HAVEN - YU                : USA - CT     1966 C
RIVERSIDE - UC                : USA - CA     1966 C
AMES                          : USA - IA     1967 E
MILWAUKEE - MU                : USA - WI     1967 C

NEW BRITAIN - FCC             : USA - CT     1967 C
CEDAR FALLS                   : USA - IA     1968 E
CLEVELAND - CC                : USA - OH     1968 C
SPOKANE - C                   : USA - WA     1968 C
STAMFORD - FPC                : USA - CT     1968 E
CHARLOTTE - CPC               : USA - NC     1969 E
MARIEMONT                     : USA - OH     1969 E
PLAINFIELD                    : USA - NJ     1969 E
SANTA BARBARA                 : USA - CA     1969 C
SHARON                        : USA - PA     1969 C

1970s - 26 instruments
BLOOMINGTON - 1               : USA - IN     1971 C
BLOOMINGTON - 2               : USA - IN     1971 C
MORGAN CITY                   : USA - LA     1971 C
SAINT LOUIS - CS              : USA - MO     1971 C
TORONTO - MUC                 : CANADA - ON  1971 E
VICTORIA - NCC                : CANADA - BC  1971 E
GASTONIA - FPC                : USA - NC     1973 C
MADISON - UW                  : USA - WI     1973 E
ROCHESTER - UR                : USA - NY     1973 C
FORT WASHINGTON               : USA - PA     1974 C

TORONTO - EP                  : CANADA - ON  1974 C
PROVO                         : USA - UT     1975 C
TORONTO - UT                  : CANADA - ON  1975 E
ANN ARBOR - UM/1              : USA - MI     1976 E
CORPUS CHRISTI - FBC          : USA - TX     1976 C
GREENCASTLE                   : USA - IN     1976 C
HOLLAND                       : USA - PA     1976 E
LUBBOCK - TTU                 : USA - TX     1976 E
WASHINGTON - ZP               : USA - DC     1976 C
ALFRED                        : USA - NY     1977 E

NORTHAMPTON - 1               : USA - MA     1977 E
ROCHESTER                     : USA - MN     1977 E
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - CCC        : USA - MI     1978 E
HARTFORD - TC                 : USA - CT     1978 E
MCDONOGH                      : USA - MD     1978 C
COVINGTON - GP                : USA - KY     1979 C

1980s - 21 instruments
BIRMINGHAM - SU               : USA - AL     1980 E
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ              : MEXICO       1981 C
WINSTON-SALEM                 : USA - NC     1981 E
CLEARWATER                    : USA - FL     1982 C
BERKELEY - UC                 : USA - CA     1983 E
CENTRALIA                     : USA - IL     1983 C
BELMONT - FPC                 : USA - NC     1984 C
DALLAS - HP                   : USA - TX     1985 C
WEST HARTFORD                 : USA - CT     1985 E
ALBANY - CH                   : USA - NY     1986 E

GLENCOE                       : USA - IL     1986 C
MIDDLEBURY                    : USA - VT     1986 E
SAN ANTONIO                   : USA - TX     1986 E
SIMSBURY                      : USA - CT     1986 C
AUSTIN - 2                    : USA - TX     1987 E
CLEMSON - CU                  : USA - SC     1987 C
HUNTSVILLE                    : USA - AL     1987 C
LAKE WALES - B                : USA - FL     1987 E
GROSSE POINTE FARMS - CC      : USA - MI     1988 E
OMAHA - UNO                   : USA - NE     1988 C

WACO - BU/2                   : USA - TX     1988 C

1990s - 26 instruments
COHASSET                      : USA - MA     1990 E
GARDEN GROVE                  : USA - CA     1990 C
LINCOLN - FP/1                : USA - NE     1990 E
PHILADELPHIA - FM             : USA - PA     1990 E
WELLESLEY                     : USA - MA     1990 E
(Traveling)                   : USA - PA     1991 C
HOUSTON - HV                  : USA - TX     1991 C
SAINT PAUL - HHPC             : USA - MN     1991 E
DAYTON - D                    : USA - OH     1992 C
MORRISTOWN                    : USA - NJ     1993 E

PANAMA CITY BEACH             : USA - FL     1993 C
PRINCETON - PU                : USA - NJ     1993 R
ALLENDALE                     : USA - MI     1994 C
ARLINGTON                     : USA - VA     1995 E
FREDERICK - BP                : USA - MD     1995 E
WILLIAMSVILLE                 : USA - NY     1995 E
ANN ARBOR - UM/2              : USA - MI     1996 C
EAST LANSING                  : USA - MI     1996 E
ATHENS                        : USA - WV     1997 C

CHARLOTTE - MPP               : USA - NC     1997 E
DES MOINES                    : USA - IA     1997 E
ELSAH                         : USA - IL     1998 C
CORPUS CHRISTI - CGS          : USA - TX     1999 E
DENVER - UD                   : USA - CO     1999 C
MEMPHIS - I                   : USA - TN     1999 E
NASHVILLE - LU                : USA - TN     1999 C

2000s - 30 instruments
BEREA - 2                     : USA - KY     2000 C
GRAND RAPIDS                  : USA - MI     2000 C
NAPERVILLE                    : USA - IL     2000 C
SPRINGFIELD -  TR             : USA - IL     2000 E
KENNETT SQUARE                : USA - PA     2001 C
RUMSON                        : USA - NJ     2001 E
SPRINGFIELD -- SMS            : USA - MO     2001 C
STANFORD                      : USA - CA     2001 E
DETROIT - STMR                : USA - MI     2002 C
ERIE - PS                     : USA - PA     2002 C

MUNCIE - BSU                  : USA - IN     2002 C
GAINESVILLE                   : USA - FL     2003 E
WICHITA FALLS                 : USA - TX     2003 E
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - STH        : USA - MI     2004 C
LA PORTE                      : USA - IN     2004 C
AMHERST - UM                  : USA - MA     2004 E
NEW YORK - STT                : USA - NY     2004 E
DALLAS - CG                   : USA - TX     2005 C
DALLAS - SMK                  : USA - TX     2005 C
MIDDLETOWN -- WU              : USA - CT     2005 E

MINNEAPOLIS - CL              : USA - MN     2005 C
BRYN MAWR - P                 : USA - PA     2006 E
GUELPH                        : CANADA - ON  2006 E
NEW WILMINGTON                : USA - PA     2006 E
OOLTEWAH                      : USA - TN     2006 E
NASHVILLE - BU                : USA - TN     2006 E
SCOTTSDALE                    : USA - AZ     2006 C
MERCERSBURG                   : USA - PA     2007 E
SHERMAN                       : USA - TX     2007 E
SUGAR GROVE - 2               : USA - OH     2008 C


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This index page was created 2000/03/04 and last revised 2008/04/26.

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