Yale Memorial Carillon
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The Yale Memorial Carillon is a carillon of 54 bells in Harkness Tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
The bells of the Yale Memorial Carillon. Wires connect the clappers to the console below.
The carillon console. Guild members strike the batons with their hand and the pedals with their feet to move the clappers of the bells.
Bourdon (bell)
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The bourdon is the heaviest of the bells that belong to a musical instrument, especially a chime or a carillon, and produces its lowest tone. The name derives from the French word for bumblebee.
Emmanuel, the 13-ton bourdon of Notre-Dame de Paris being remounted in 1850 during restoration
