Index of all sites by unknown makers

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

Carillons and chimes throughout the world contain bells supplied by a variety of bellfoundries.  There is a separate index page for each major bellfoundry, plus one for minor or "miscellaneous" foundries; this page collects together references to work by unknown foundries. 

If you can provide information which would
remove any of these entries from "unknown" status,
or promote any from "totally unknown" to "partially unknown",
please do so by email.

Sites are listed in two groups - first the "worst" unknowns (both maker and date needed), then the partially unknowns (maker unknown but date is known).  The unknowns are listed in order by city; the miscellani are listed in order by the year of casting (unknown first), which may be different from the year of installation.  Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

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
  non-trad  - carillon with non-traditional mechanism
  non-trad* - carillon with non-traditional mechanism now,
              but either chime size or with traditional keyboard at the date cited
  mech?     - carillon with unknown mechanism
  chime     - chime (any mechanism)
  great     - great bell (at least 4 tonnes weight), whether or not in a chime or carillon
  (...)...  - instrument was replaced; link is to the same site
  [...]     - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
              (for Miscellaneous foundries only)


Bellfoundry and date unknown

The sources which reported the existence of these instruments, or the phase of work listed here, did not identify their makers nor the dates of installation.  They are listed in city name order rather than date order.
ALMELO - G                    : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   Sint Georgiustoren
ARNHEM - E                    : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   St.Eusebiustoren
   Grote Kerk
ARUBA                         : NED.ANTIL.   ???? C  chime
   Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers 
Auch                          : France       1??? -  great
   Cathédrale
BETHLEHEM                     : ISRAEL       1??? C  chime
   Museum
BROOKINGS - FL                : USA - SD     ???? C  chime
   First Lutheran Church 
COLERAINE                     : AUSTRALIA    1??? C  chime 
   Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
Dunkerque                     : France       1??? -  great
   St-Eloi
GOEDEREEDE                    : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   St.Elizabethstoren (N.H.Kerk)
GUADALAJARA - TE              : MEXICO       ???? C  non-trad
   Templo Expiatorio (Ch of the Atonement)
HARNOSAND                     : SWEDEN       ???? C  trad
   Southwest tower
   Domkyrka (Cathedral)
HERTOGENBOSCH - STJ           : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   Sint-Janskathedraal
     (Sint-Jansbasiliek)
HOLSTED                       : DENMARK - J  ???? ?  trad
   Kirke
KEM - 1                       : RUSSIA       1??? C  zvon
   Solowyetskiy Cloister
KORTRIJK - B                  : BELGIUM      ???? C  trad
   Belfort
KUOPIO                        : FINLAND      ???? ?  zvon
   The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland 
   (Suomen Ortodoksinen Kirkkomuseo) 
LAPEER                        : USA - MI     189? C  chime
   Immaculate Conception of the Blessed 
     Virgin Mary Catholic Church 
LERWICK                       : SHETLAND IS  ???? R  chime
   Town Hall 
LIEGE - STB                   : BELGIUM      17?? C (trad)
   South tower
   St-Barthélemy (Sint-Bartholomeuskerk)
LIEGE - STB                   : BELGIUM      200? E  trad
   South tower
   St-Barthélemy (Sint-Bartholomeuskerk)
LIEGE - STJ                   : BELGIUM      ???? E  trad
   Eglise St-Jean-l'Evangéliste
     (St.Jan-Evangelistkerk)
LINZ - K                      : AUSTRIA      1??? C  chime
   Linzer Kiwanis Glockenspiel
   Kiwanis-Klub
MAASTRICHT - S                : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   Stadhuistoren
Mafra                         : Portugal     1??? -  great
   Clock bell, upper belfry, south tower
   Palace
MAPUTO                        : MOZAMBIQUE   1??? C  non-trad
   Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição 
     (RC Cathedral of Our Lady of the
     Immaculate Conception)
MARIETTA - LU                 : USA - GA     ???? C  chime
   The Chiropractic Memorial Bell Tower
   Life University College of Chiropractic
MCADENVILLE                   : USA - NC     ???? C  chime
   City of McAdenville 
MECHELEN - STR/1              : BELGIUM      16?? F  trad
   (Historic carillon)
   Lower belfry
   Sint-Romboutstoren
   (St.Rombold's Tower)
MESPELARE                     : BELGIUM      ???? E  trad
   St.Aldegondetoren
MESSINA                       : ITALY        ???? C  non-trad
   Santuario de Montalto
MEXICO CITY - C               : MEXICO       ???? C  chime
   Catedral Metropolitana 
   (Metropolitan Cathedral) 
Moscow                        : Russia       1??? -  great
   Kremlin ("Trotzkoi")
NAKSKOV                       : DENMARK      ???? ?  trad
   Sparkasse
NASHUA - STP                  : USA - NH     ???? C  chime
   St.Patrick's Catholic Church 
NORRKÖPING                    : SWEDEN       19?? E  trad
   Rådhuset
NYBORG                        : DENMARK - F  ???? ?  mech?
   Vor Frue Kirke
OSAKA - Mobile                : JAPAN        19?? C  trad
   Traveling carillon
   (unknown)
PALOS HEIGHTS                 : USA - IL     ???? C  chime
   The Evangelical Lutheran Church 
     of the Good Shepherd (ELCA) 
PERTH                         : SCOTLAND-PR  ???? F  trad
   St.John's Kirk
   (St.John the Baptist Church) 
PORT ARTHUR                   : AUSTRALIA    18?? C  [ring]
   Church
   Cast locally
PUEBLA                        : MEXICO       ???? C  chime
   Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la 
     Immaculada Concepción 
PYHÄSALMI - 2                 : FINLAND      ???? C  chime
   Vaskikello (Brassbellstore) Bell Museum
     (main bell shed) 
QUÉBEC - STD                  : CANADA - QU  ???? C  chime
   l'Église Saint-Dominique 
RHEINFELDEN                   : SWITZERLAND  ???? C  chime
   House
ROSTOV VELIKII                : RUSSIA       ???? ?  zvon
   Uspenski Sobor
   (Assumption Cathedral)
RUDKOBING                     : DENMARK      ???? ?  trad
   Kirke
ROTTERDAM - S                 : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   Stadhuis (City Hall)
ROTTERDAM - STL               : NETHERLANDS  1??? I  trad
   Sint Laurenstoren
   N.H.Kerk (Groote Kerk)
RYDE - S                      : DENMARK      ???? ?  non-trad
   Slot
SAINT JOHN - IC               : CANADA - NB  1??? E  chime
   Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
SAINT PETERSBURG - CI         : RUSSIA       ???? C  non-trad
   Cross Island 
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/1       : RUSSIA       ???? ?  zvon
   Petropavlovskaya Krepost 
   (Peter & Paul Tower; main belfry) 
SAO PAULO - BR                : BRAZIL       ???? C  non-trad
   Banco Real
SASEBO - HTB/5                : JAPAN        ???? C  chime
   Tante Annie (confectionery)
   Huis ten Bosch
SNEEK                         : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   Sint-Maartenstoren (Martinikerk)
   N.H.Kerk (Grote Kerk)
Sofia                         : Bulgaria     ???? -  great
   Alexander Nevski Cathedral
STATEN ISLAND - STM           : USA - NY     ???? C  chime
   St.Mary of the Assumption RC Church 
STIRLING                      : SCOTLAND-ST  1??? E  chime
   Tolbooth (or) Broad Street Steeple
STOCKHOLM - SH                : SWEDEN       19?? C  chime
   Stadshustorn
THYREGOD                      : DENMARK - J  ???? ?  trad
   Kirke
TOKYO - SWU                   : JAPAN        1??? C  chime
   University Building One
   Showa Women's University
TURNHOUT                      : BELGIUM      ???? E  trad
   Sint Pieterskerk
VANCOUVER                     : USA - WA     ???? C  non-trad
   Salmon Run Bell Tower
   Esther Short Park
WATERBURY - STM               : USA - CT     ???? C  zvon
   St.Mary's Orthodox Church (OCA) 
     (Holy Virgin Church) 
WINNIPEG - OV                 : CANADA - MB  ???? C  chime
   Osborne Village Square 
WINSCHOTEN                    : NETHERLANDS  ???? E  trad
   St.Vitustoren, "Olle Witte"
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
YSSELMONDE                    : NETHERLANDS  1??? C [trad]
   (Unknown) 
ZURICH - PP                   : SWITZERLAND  19?? C  chime
   People's Park

Bellfoundry unknown, date known

The sources which reported the existence of these instruments, or the phase of work listed here, did not identify their makers but did provide a date of casting or installation.
Nanking                       : China         712 -  great
   (unknown)
Nara                          : Japan         732 -  great
   To-dai-ji Temple
Kyongju                       : Korea         771 -  great
   National Museum
Nanking                       : China        1389 -  great
   (unknown)
Beijing (Peking)              : China        1404 -  great
   The Bell Tower (Zhong Lou)
Kunming                       : China        1410 -  great
   Golden Temple
Beijing (Peking)              : China        1420 -  great
   "Yong Le"
   Da Zhong Si (Great Bell Temple)
Beijing (Peking)              : China        1420 -  great
   Da Zhong Si (Great Bell Temple)
Strasbourg                    : France       1427 -  great
   Cathedrale Notre Dame
Seoul                         : Korea        1462 -  great
   Buksoo Palace grounds
Seoul                         : Korea        1468 -  great
   Chong-ro (ancient main central intersection)
Rangoon                       : Burma        1484 - [great]
   Bell of Dhammazedi
DENDERMONDE                   : BELGIUM      1548 F (trad)
   Belfort--Stadhuis/Lakenhal/Town Hall
Lisbon                        : Portugal     1556 -  great
   Cathedral
Sens                          : France       1560 -  great
   Cathedrale
Kyoto                         : Japan        1614 -  great
   Hoko-ji Monastery
HILLEROD                      : DENMARK - S  1619 C (trad)
   Slot (Royal Castle)
ZAGORSK                       : RUSSIA       1622 - (great)
   Zagorsk Monastery (Russian Orthodox)
   "Trinity St.Sergius Lavra"
   old third bell
Kyoto                         : Japan        1636 -  great
   Chion-In Temple
BRUSSELS - STN                : BELGIUM     <1642 C [trad]
   St.Nicholas Church
KOBENHAVN - H                 : DENMARK - S  1655 C (chime)
   Helligånds Kirken (Holy Spirit Church)
GLASGOW                       : SCOTLAND-LA  1665 C (chime)
   Tolbooth (or) Cross Steeple
   cast by an unknown Dutch founder
Zvenigorod                    : Russia       1667 - (great)
   Savvino-Storozhevskij Monastery
BREDA - OLV                   : NETHERLANDS  1723 F  trad
   O.L.Vrouwetoren (Grote Kerk)
Pyong-Yang                    : Korea        1727 -  great
   city center
GLASGOW                       : SCOTLAND-LA  1738 C (chime)
   Tolbooth (or) Cross Steeple
   cast by an unknown London founder
Tobol'sk                      : Russia       1738 - [great]
   (place unknown)
GLASGOW                       : SCOTLAND-LA  1739 C (chime)
   Tolbooth (or) Cross Steeple
   cast by an unknown Edinburgh founder
ZAGORSK                       : RUSSIA       1748 - (great)
   Zagorsk Monastery (Russian Orthodox)
   "Trinity St.Sergius Lavra"
   old second bell
Mingum sull'Irravaddy         : Burma        1790 -  great
   temple
Rangoon                       : Burma        1791 -  great
   "Maha Ganda" (Sweet Voice)
Rangoon                       : Burma        1840 -  great
   Temple?
HELSINKI                      : FINLAND      1869 C  zvon
   Campanile
   Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish Orthodox)
Frankfurt                     : Germany      1877 -  great
   Cathedral
Pan-ay                        : Philippines  1878 -  great
   Church
Moscow                        : Russia       1878 - (great)
   Cathedral of Christ the Savior
Saigon                        : Viet Nam     1879 -  great
   Notre Dame Cathedral
   cast in France
ARNHEM - E                    : NETHERLANDS  1887 I  trad
   St.Eusebiustoren
   Grote Kerk
Osaka                         : Japan        1902 - [great]
   Shi-tenno-ji Temple
LEGNICA                       : POLAND       1920 C  chime
   SS.Peter and Paul Cathedral
MELBOURNE - T                 : AUSTRALIA    1920 F  chime
   St.John's Anglican Church
SOMMERSTED - 1                : DENMARK - J  1925 C  chime 
   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   (Danish Bell Museum)
ALLENSTEIN                    : GERMANY      1930 C [trad]
   Rathaus (City Hall)
KOELN - AR                    : GERMANY-BRD  1930 E (trad)
   Altes Rathaus
VENEGONO                      : ITALY        1931 C  non-trad
   Seminario 
Lantau Island                 : HONG KONG    1937 -  great
   Po Lin Monastery
BRUGGE - H                    : BELGIUM      1939 R  trad
   City carillon (stadsbeiaard)
   Halletoren (Belfort)
PHILADELPHIA - CC             : USA - PA     19?? I  chime
   Christ Church (Episcopal) 
PHILADELPHIA - CC             : USA - PA     1953 R  chime
   Christ Church (Episcopal) 
SELBY                         : ENGLAND -NY  1957 C  chime
   St.James the Apostle Parish Church 
CHAMBERY                      : FRANCE       1960 E (trad)
   Château des Ducs de Savoie 
UTICA - G                     : USA - NY     1964 I  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 
LEBANON - CC                  : USA - PA     1967 E  chime
   Christ Church (Presbyterian/PCUSA) 
GOSLAR                        : GERMANY-BRD  1968 C  chime
   Ehemalige Stadtkämmerei (Old City Hall)
Khushu                        : Japan        1977 -  great
   Rengein Tanjyoji Temple
   cast in Kyoto, Japan
LARBERT                       : SCOTLAND-CE  1978 C  chime
   Old Church 
MAGNOLIA                      : USA - AR     1980 C  chime
   Water tower 
   Southern Arkansas University 
REGINA - VP                   : CANADA - SK  1985 C  non-trad
   Glockenspiel
   Victoria Park
OSTERSUND                     : SWEDEN       1986 C  non-trad 
   (unknown)
BELMONT - HC                  : USA - NC     1989 E  non-trad
   Lineberger Memorial Carillon
   Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter 
SEMBRANCHER                   : SWITZERLAND  1989 C  chime
   Eglise
MANILA                        : PHILIPPINES  1989 C  chime
   Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace
   (Our Lady of EDSA)
SONDERBORG                    : DENMARK      1992 E  non-trad
   Sct.Mariæ Kirke
WEERT                         : NETHERLANDS  1992 I  trad
   Sint Martinuskerk
UTICA - G                     : USA - NY     1993 E  chime
   Grace Episcopal Church 
BUENOS AIRES - MU             : ARGENTINA    1996 R  non-trad
   Torre del Consejo Deliberante
   Municipio 
EBELTOFT                      : DENMARK - J  1996 C  trad
   Kirke
LOS BANOS                     : PHILIPPINES  1996 C  non-trad
   Rizal Centenary Carillon
   University of the Philippines Los Baños
WEERT                         : NETHERLANDS  1996 E  trad
   Sint Martinuskerk
KIEV                          : UKRAINE      1997 C  trad
   St.Michael's Cathedral
CORDOBA                       : SPAIN        1998 E  trad
   Iglesia de San Pablo
GRAZ - MK                     : AUSTRIA      1998 C  non-trad
   Mariahilferkirche
HANCEVILLE                    : USA - AL     1999 C  chime
   Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
   Our Lady of the Angels Monastery
MAASTRICHT - Mobile           : NETHERLANDS  20?? C  trad*
   Mobile carillon Frank Steijns
QUEZON CITY - LS              : PHILIPPINES  2005 C  chime
   La Salle
Hwacheon-gun                  : Korea        2006 -  great
   World Peace Park
CEDAR CITY                    : USA - UT     2007 C  non-trad
   Carter Carillon Tower
   Southern Utah University
   bells made in Austria
KEM - 2                       : RUSSIA       2007 C  zvon
   Courtyard bell sheds
   Solovetsky Monastery
TUGUEGARAO CITY               : PHILIPPINES  2007 C  chime
   Sto.Niño Shrine
   Dutch-made bells
URBANA - 2                    : USA - IL     2008 C  non-trad
   McFarland Memorial Bell Tower
   University of Illinois
Con Dao Island                : Viet Nam     2008 -  great
   (unknown)
   cast in Hue, Viet Nam
Ninh Binh                     : Viet Nam     2008 -  great
   Bai Dinh Spiritual Centre
   cast in Hue, Viet Nam
Ninh Binh                     : Viet Nam     2009 -  great
   Bai Dinh Spiritual Centre
   cast in Hue, Viet Nam
CEBU                          : PHILIPPINES  2009 C  chime
   Metropolitan Cathedral
   installed by Carillon Technology Philippines

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