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
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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.
For an explanation of what this index contains (and does NOT contain), and of the additional details on each entry, see the Bellfoundry Indexes Advice.
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
BOURBOURG : FRANCE - 59 ???? E trad
Town belfry
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
(St.John's Church)
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)
HAHNENKLEE : GERMANY ???? F trad
Stabkirche
HARNOSAND : SWEDEN ???? C trad
Southwest tower
Domkyrka (Cathedral)
HAZEBROUCK : FRANCE - 59 ???? E trad
Église St-Eloi
HERTOGENBOSCH - STJ : NETHERLANDS ???? E trad
Sint-Janskathedraal
(Sint-Jansbasiliek)
HOLSTED : DENMARK - J ???? ? trad
Kirke
KEM - 1 : RUSSIA 1??? C zvon
Solowyetskiy Cloister
Kiev : Ukraine ???? - great
St.Sophia's Cathedral
KORTRIJK - B : BELGIUM ???? C trad
Belfort
KUOPIO : FINLAND ???? ? zvon
The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland
(Suomen Ortodoksinen Kirkkomuseo)
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)
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)
PEER : BELGIUM ???? E trad
St.Trudokerk
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
SELONGEY : FRANCE - 21 ???? C trad
Eglise
SNEEK : NETHERLANDS ???? E trad
Sint-Maartenstoren (Martinikerk)
N.H.Kerk (Grote Kerk)
Sofia : Bulgaria ???? - great
Alexander Nevski Cathedral
SOIGNIES : BELGIUM ???? E trad
St.Vincent Church
(Collégiale St-Vincent)
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
TANINGES : FRANCE - 74 ???? E trad
Église paroissiale
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
WUERZBURG : GERMANY ???? C trad
Neubaukirche der Universität
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
BRIELLE : NETHERLANDS 1587 C (chime)
S.Catherijnakerk
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
BERGUES - ST.WINOC / 1 : FRANCE - 59 1628 - [trad]
Abbey of St-Winoc
Kyoto : Japan 1636 - great
Chion-In Temple
BRUSSELS - STN : BELGIUM <1642 C [trad]
City carillon (stadsbeiaard #1)
St. Nicolas Church (Sint-Niklaastoren)
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
BOURBOURG : FRANCE - 59 1722 C (trad)
Town belfry
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
(St.John's Church)
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)
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES : FRANCE - 21 179_ F trad
Église St-Symphorien
Rangoon : Burma 1840 - great
Temple?
HELSINKI : FINLAND 1869 C zvon
Campanile
Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish Orthodox)
SINAI PENINSULA : EGYPT 1871 C zvon
St.Catherine's Monastery
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
CHRISTCHURCH : NEW ZEALAND 1880 C (ring)
Cathedral Church of Christ
(Christchurch Cathedral)
ARNHEM - E : NETHERLANDS 1887 I trad
St.Eusebiustoren
Grote Kerk
DIJON : FRANCE - 21 1902 F trad
Cathédral St.Bénigne
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
ZEITZ : GERMANY-DDR 1934 C [trad?]
(Unknown)
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 - 73 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)
DIJON : FRANCE - 21 1973 I trad
Cathédral St.Bénigne
Khushu : Japan 1977 - great
Rengein Tanjyoji Temple
cast in Kyoto, Japan
LARBERT : SCOTLAND-CE 1978 C chime
Old Church
DIJON : FRANCE - 21 1980 I trad
Cathédral St.Bénigne
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 - QP : 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
HAHNENKLEE : GERMANY 2002 I trad
Stabkirche
HAHNENKLEE : GERMANY 2005 E trad
Stabkirche
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
DUNKERQUE : FRANCE - 59 2009 E trad
Tour Église Saint-Eloi
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
MANILA - UST : PHILIPPINES 2011 C chime
Martyrs' Monument
Chapel
(Santisimo Rosario Parish Church)
University of Santo Tomas
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