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carillon
1. A set of chromatically tuned stationary bells, usually hung in a tower and played from a keyboard.
2. A tune played on a keyboard connected to a set of stationary bells.
3. A musical instrument consisting of a set of bells in a small tower that a person can play using a keyboard in the same way that a person plays a piano.
4. Etymology: from French carillon, from Old French carignon, "set of four bells"; from Latin quaternionem, "set of four"; from quater, "four times".
This entry is located in the following unit: quadri-, quadra-, quad-, quadru- (page 1)
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electronic carillon
A carillon which uses electric and electronic circuits to generate, to amplify, and to reproduce musical tones approximating those of bells.

A carillon is a musical instrument which is usually housed in a free-standing bell tower, or the belfry of a church, or other municipal building.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 59)