The Peace Tower Carillon, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
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bluelamb03
N 45° 25.477 W 075° 41.963
18T E 445286 N 5030359
The best known of Canada's 11 carillons this massive instrument is played on a regular schedule throughout the year.
Waymark Code: WMC8GH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/08/2011
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From the Parliment of Canada website:
"The Peace Tower Carillon is the only permanent musical presence on Parliament Hill. This large musical instrument of tower bells is played approximately 200 days a year by the Dominion Carillonneur - currently Dr. Andrea McCrady - and can be heard within a radius of several city blocks. Like all carillons, the Peace Tower Carillon is manual, mechanical and acoustic. In other words, it is played by a person, it is entirely mechanical, and listeners hear the bells live."
Of the eleven carillons in Canada, the Peace Tower Carillon is the most frequently played, and probably the best known. From September to June each year, the carillonneur performs from noon to 12:15, playing a different programme each day. In July and August, the recitals are a full hour in duration - from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each weekday"
Details on the bells can be found at the location web page below and a video of the bells striking 12 noon (but not a carillon concert) can be seen at this Youtube site.