Learn something new every day More Info... by email Chimes is
the name of both clock bells and an orchestral instrument.
Chimes can refer to three bells of high pitch used to mark the
quarter hours, or to a set of chromatically arranged bells
played from a keyboard. The clock bells are sometimes called
carillon chimes when they number 23 or more bells. Carillon
bells are usually mounted in towers known as campaniles and are
usually an outdoor instrument. However, a traveling carillon,
called a “concert carillon,” was created in 2003 and played in a
variety of locations in Germany and the Netherlands that summer.
In 2006, there were at least 13 traveling carillons worldwide.
Carillon bells are often associated with church communities and
used to play hymns. However, there is also a collection of
original repertoire composed for them, as well as arrangements
of piano music and other works. U.S. composer Samuel Barber
wrote a Suite for Carillon in 1934. The orchestral instrument
called chimes or tubular bells is