Exhibition Place Carillon
{{Short description|Bell instrument in Toronto, Canada}}
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The Exhibition Place Carillon (originally the Carlsberg Carillon) is a carillon located at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
In 1974, Carling-O'Keefe Breweries provided funding for the construction of the 50-bell carillon.{{cite web |title=Carillon Tower |url=https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |accessdate=1 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095118/https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |url-status=dead }} The bells were cast by the Royal Eijsbouts foundry of Asten in the Netherlands.{{cite web |title=Carillon Tower |url=https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |accessdate=1 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095118/https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |url-status=dead }} The largest bell (the bourdon) weighs 4800 pounds.{{cite web |title=Carillon Tower |url=https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |accessdate=1 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095118/https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |url-status=dead }} The instrument transposes up a perfect fourth from concert pitch.{{cite web |title=Exhibition Place Carillon |url=http://www.towerbells.org/data/ONTOROEP.HTM |accessdate=1 February 2019}} Four of the large bells including the bourdon are equipped with outside hammers to sound the Cambridge Quarters while the bourdon strikes the hour.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Part way up the tower is a compartment with figures of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Swineherd"; upon activation, these figures could be moved from one side of the tower to the other, but the mechanism is no longer functional.{{cite web |title=Carillon Tower |url=https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |accessdate=1 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095118/https://www.explace.on.ca/about/history/facts-figures-exhibition-place/carillon-tower |url-status=dead }} When the carillon was built, it was played most days of the week during the Exhibition summer season.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The current carillonist is Gerald Martindale.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
File:The Exhibition Place Carillon manual.jpg
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The original plaque reads:
{{center|"Carlsberg Carillon presented to the Canadian National Exhibition by Carling O'Keefe Breweries August 1974
Made by Royal Eijsbouts - Holland"}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://towerbells.org/data/ONTOROEP.HTM Description of the Exhibition Place Carillon at towerbells.org]
- [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7HB3 Description of the "Bandshell Park Clock" above the carillon at waymarking.com]
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Category:Bell towers in Canada
Category:Buildings and structures in Toronto
Category:Towers completed in 1974
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