Carillon 2009, ninety years after the first bells were hung in 1919. Middlebury College in Vermont has a 48-bell carillon located in the steeple of the college's Mead Memorial Chapel. The University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, has a 51 bell carillon located at Soldiers' Tower, and is the only Canadian university with a functioning carillon. Number of traditional carillons by country, with each country linked to its country-specific list of carillons: Carillon A carillon ( or ; ) is a musical instrument that is typically housed in the bell tower (belfry) of a church or municipal building. The instrument consists
Robert A. Taft Memorial Robert A. Taft Memorial The Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon is a carillon dedicated as a memorial to U.S. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, son of President William Howard Taft. The memorial is located north of the Capitol, on Constitution Avenue between New Jersey Avenue and First Street, N.W. Designed by architect Douglas W. Orr, the memorial consists of a Tennessee marble tower and a bronze statue of Senator Taft sculpted by Wheeler Williams. The shaft of the tower measures high, deep, and wide. Above the statue is inscribed, "This Memorial to Robert A. Taft, presented by the people to