Summaries of carillons and other tower-bell sites

There are many ways to summarize the available information about carillons, chimes, and other tower-bell sites.  We present here some simple tables and graphs which show averages, distributions, etc.

• Summaries for the whole world:
  • a table of the numbers of instruments of each type for each region or country for which indexes exist.  This might be considered a "master summary", since it counts everything in the database which underlies this Website, including those few sites for which data pages have not yet been posted.

  • a table showing the average instrument size for traditional carillons, by region (as regions are identified below); it also shows the average bass bell note and average treble bell note.  The rows of this table are derived from the regional "distribution by ... pitch" summaries identified below.
    This summary also shows clearly how many of these important items of information are yet unknown.

  • a similar table showing the average instrument size for non-traditional carillons, by region.

  • a similar table showing the average instrument size for chimes of all varieties, by region.

  • a table showing the number of traditional carillons and the number of keyboard configurations for each of four countries and three regions of the world, grouped into categories by instrument size.

  • a set of tables summarizing what is currently known about the contributions of various bellfounders to the carillons, chimes and other tower bell instruments which are recorded in the database that supports this Website.

• Regional summaries for North America:
  • a table of state or province vs. size, for traditional carillons.  This also shows the total number of traditional carillons for each state/province, totals for the region and for each size group, and some other miscellaneous facts which can be deduced from the summary table.

  • a table of practice console availability for traditional carillons.

  • a table of state or province vs. size, for non-traditional carillons.  This also shows the total number of non-traditional carillons for each state/province, totals for the region and for each size group, and some other miscellaneous facts which can be deduced from the summary table.

  • a table of state or province vs. size, for tubular tower chimes.  This also shows the total number of tubular tower chimes for each state/province, totals for the region and for each size group, and some other miscellaneous facts which can be deduced from the summary table.

  • a table of state or province vs. type of instrument (traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons and chimes).  This also shows the total number of instruments for each state/province, totals for the region and for each type, and some other miscellaneous facts which can be deduced from the summary table.

  • the distribution by bourdon pitch, i.e., numbers of instruments which start from a certain note (regardless of size), for traditional carillons.

  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and for rings.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and in rings.

  • a summary by decade and founder - the distribution of chime installations according to when they were made and by whom.

• Regional summaries for Central and South America:
  • the geographical distribution of traditional carillons by country vs. size.

  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes.

• Regional summaries for Africa and the Middle East:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes.

• Regional summaries for Asia and the Pacific Rim:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes.

• Regional summaries for Belgium:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

• Regional summaries for the British Isles:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes.

• Regional summaries for Denmark:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes.

• Regional summaries for France:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

• Regional summaries for Germany:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

• Regional summaries for Italy:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

• Regional summaries for the Netherlands:
  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

• Regional summaries for the rest of Europe:
  • the distribution of instruments by type (and great bells), by country within Europe

  • the distribution of instruments by bourdon pitch vs. number of bells and by treble pitch vs. number of bells,
    for traditional carillons and for non-traditional carillons and for chimes and peals.

  • tables of bellfounders' work in traditional carillons and in non-traditional carillons and in chimes and peals.

We welcome suggestions about other kinds of summary or statistical information which you might like to see presented here.  Please use the email link on the bottom line of this page to submit them.

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