2021/08/07 - Expanded the definitions of type abbreviations used in indexes.
Revised the translation menu on the home page to recognize that Luxembourg is the newest member of the World Carillon Federation.
Updated the authorization key for Apple Maps.
Provided a new page about how this Website is maintained, thereby fully obsoleting the old maintenance page.
Revised the spacing on the home page, and made minor editorial changes to the Website history and the Website map.
2021/07/20 - Made editorial corrections to Unicode special characters in 18 assorted pages. This is the first visible step in a major change to how this Website is maintained, which makes more of the old maintenance page obsolete.
2021/05/27 - Revised 11 site data pages (see list or map) and one paragraph about McShane chimes, as well as one description of a McShane great bell, all to supply installation years from McShane records; revised affected indexes accordingly.
Improved clustering in the regional locator map for North Carolina, USA.
2021/05/09 - Revised 8 site data pages and added 33 (see list or map), all in Germany, which is now complete with respect to the underlying database; revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Provided updated (and now complete) versions of the downloadable PDFs for Germany and the Netherlands; see the Hardcopy page.
Provided new grids and tables for the regional summaries for Germany and the Netherlands.
The Eijsbouts foundry index is now complete with respect to their carillon and chime projects up to 1991, and complete with respect to subsequent projects that are known to us.
Corrected some regional locator maps, and improved clustering on others; Germany is now clustered by state at the top level.
Added the former bellfoundry of the Maria Laach Abbey to the Germany section of the index to foundries by country.
2021/04/10 - Revised 9 site data pages (see list); revised affected regional map accordingly.
2021/04/07 - Deleted the site data page for a chime that once existed at the Museum Klok & Peel, Asten, NL, replacing it with a paragraph in the page of European sites that are no more.
Revised 13 site data pages and added 82 (see list or map), all in the Netherlands, which is now complete with respect to the underlying database; revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
2021/03/24 - Revised text of the statistics dropdown pane in regional maps.
2021/03/22 - Revised 17 site data pages and added 2 (see list or map); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Revised the regional locator map system so that the optional statistics
are presented in a dropdown pane instead of a separate window,
expanded those statistics, and added dynamic reporting of whether
any of the map's markers are outside of the boundaries of the map;
moved the map options out of the heading into a dropdown pane to simplify
the appearance of the header pane;
added filter capability;
updated the regional map
help page appropriately.
Reading that help page is strongly recommended
for understanding the new and revised features.
Revised the regional locator map for European traditional carillons to put those of Norway, Sweden and Switzerland into separate country maps. Used the expanded statistics for quality control of manually-generated text in the headings of regional locator maps.
Corrected the sequence of corporate names for the McShane bellfoundry.
Supplied the year of installation for the vanished chime of St.Paul's RC Church, Jersey City.
Added notice about McShane chime for sale.
2021/03/09 -
Revised 16 site data pages and added 2
(see list
or map);
revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
The total number of mapped instruments on this Website now exceeds 3000.
Added the University of Chicago to the index of multi-instrument institutions.
2021/03/05 - Revised 14 site data pages (see list or map); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly.
Added a new great bell in North America.
Added the words "foundry" and "bellfoundry" to the Glossary pages, and added a new page about Vocabulary Oddities and Errors to explain some words that are not used in this Website; revised the TowerBells main page to reflect this, and made a number of minor changes to the text.
Revised the introductory text for the list of bellfoundries by country, and added external links for some of the entries (especially those in Italy).
Revised and expanded the page of opportunities for philanthropy.
2021/02/27 - Revised 38 site data pages and added 9 (see list or map); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. Removed the Reformirte Parochialkirche of Berlin from the page of German sites that are no more, since it now has a carillon to replace what had been lost so long ago.
Corrected and expanded the history of the McShane Bell Foundry.
2021/01/30 - Revised 42 site data pages and added 21 (see list or map); revised affected indexes and regional maps accordingly. The new page for Clitheroe UK has photos.
Revised regional locator map for the British Isles to distinguish Ireland/Eire more clearly.
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