noun. A stationary set of chromatically tuned bells in a tower, usually played from a keyboard.

noun. A composition written or arranged for these bells.

intransitive verb. To play a carillon.

noun. A set of stationary bells tuned so as to play regularly composed melodies, and sounded by the action of the hand upon a keyboard or by machinery.

noun. A small instrument furnished with bells, properly tuned, and with finger-keys like those of the pianoforte.

noun. A simple air adapted to be performed on a set of bells.

noun. The rapid ringing of several large bells at the same time, with no attempt to produce a tune or the effect of tolling.

noun. A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

noun. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

noun. A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.

noun. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

noun. set of bells hung in a bell tower

noun. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

"I think the thing with "carillon" is that it is a whole range of different sounds ... each coins strikes a different note as it hits the others ... a chime is surely a single note?"

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