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
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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:
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)
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
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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