"Carillon" stops in organs

[Carl S Zimmerman]

At 10:14 +0100 2005/04/17, Shaun Brown wrote (under the subject "G&J 
carillon (Regal/Odeon, Marble Arch)"):
>It most certainly isn't the only instrument to contain a carilon...
>
>>>From memory, Blackpool Tower, and the Royal Albert Hall both have them.
>
>Here is the exhaustive list.
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>NPOR search V5.28 on Sunday, April 17, 2005
>(c) The British Institute of Organ Studies 2004
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>94 surveys found which include this stop and builder
...<snip>...

It's a safe bet that the vast majority of these contain NO cast bells 
of the sort normally hung in towers. (I'd be surprised if ANY do, 
other than the previously-mentioned Regal/Odeon Theatre.) Organ 
stops named "carillon", like those named "chimes", are almost always 
composed of tubular bells. Similarly, it's a safe bet that none of 
the 9350 NOPR-listed organs which contain(ed) a "flute" stop actually 
contain(ed) a flute of the type normally played by a person in a band 
or orchestra. Most of the stops in any organ are imitative of other 
instruments to some degree. The principal exceptions are the 
diapason family of stops and the various oddities incorporated into 
theatre organs.

Carl
(nephew of the late Charles W. McManis, American organbuilder)