Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in Central and South America in the following countries:
AG - Antigua & Barbuda,
AR - Argentina
BM - Bermuda,
BR - Brazil
CL - Chile,
CR - Costa Rica,
CU - Cuba
DO - Dominican Republic
SV - El Salvador
GT - Guatemala
HT - Haiti,
HN - Honduras
JM - Jamaica
AN - Netherlands Antilles,
NI - Nicaragua
PE - Peru,
PR - Puerto Rico
SR - Suriname
TT - Trinidad
UY - Uruguay
VE - Venezuela
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NOTES:
Antigua & Barbuda (AG)
Formerly part of the colonial British West Indies;
an independent state of the British Commonwealth since 1981.
ANTIGUA : B. W. I. chime Northwest Tower Cathedral Church of St.John the Divine (Anglican)
BUENOS AIRES - ME : ARGENTINA mech? Mercado BUENOS AIRES - MU : ARGENTINA non-trad Torre del Consejo Deliberante Municipio LA MERCED : ARGENTINA non-trad (Unknown) LA PLATA : ARGENTINA non-trad La Catedral MERCEDES : ARGENTINA mech? Iglesia de los Palotinos
Bermuda (BM)
An overseas territory of the UK.
PEMBROKE : BERMUDA trad St.John's Cathedral SMITH'S PARISH : BERMUDA chime Church of St.Mark the Apostle (Anglican)
BELO HORIZONTE : BRAZIL trad Cathedral BRASILIA : BRAZIL chime Catholic Church COTIA : BRAZIL chime Basilica Nossa Senhora de Fátima SAO PAULO - MC : BRAZIL trad/great Catedral da Sé Metropolitan Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana de São Paulo SAO PAULO - BR : BRAZIL non-trad Banco Real SAO PAULO - VF : BRAZIL trad Catholic church Trindade : Brazil great Sanctuary Basilica of the Divine Eternal Father
COQUIMBO : CHILE peal Cruz del Tercer Milenio LA FLORIDA : CHILE chime Iglesia san Vicente de Paúl SANTIAGO : CHILE non-trad Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced VALDIVIA : CHILE chime (unknown)
CARTAGO : COSTA RICA chime Almacén Gonzalez
CIENFUEGOS : CUBA chime Catedral de la Purisima Concepcion HABANA : CUBA trad Our Lady of Lourdes Church
HIGUEY : DOMINICAN R non-trad/great Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
SAN SALVADOR : EL SALVADOR trad Iglesia María Auxiliadora
GUATEMALA CITY : GUATEMALA mech? (Unknown)
PORT-AU-PRINCE : HAITI chime Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Ste.Trinite)
TEGUCIGALPA : HONDURAS trad Basilica de Suyapa
MONTEGO BAY : JAMAICA chime St.James Parish Church (Anglican)
Netherlands Antilles (AN)
Prior to 1954, the islands of the Nederlandse Antillen formed
the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies.
For convenience, we have retained the geographical grouping of what are now
three autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
plus three special municipalities under the country of the Netherlands.
Northeastern islands - Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG - G : NED.ANTIL. non-trad Government House PHILIPSBURG - SF : NED.ANTIL. non-trad Omega Watch Company (was Spritzer & Fuhrmann)Southwestern islands - Aruba and Curaçao
ARUBA : NED.ANTIL. chime Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers ORANJESTAD - H : NED.ANTIL. chime Holland Aruba Mall ORANJESTAD - RP : NED.ANTIL. chime Royal Plaza Mall WILLEMSTAD - CB/1 : NED.ANTIL. chime Citco Bank WILLEMSTAD - CB/2 : NED.ANTIL. chime Citco Bank WILLEMSTAD - CM : NED.ANTIL. trad Rooftop Curaçao Museum WILLEMSTAD - SF/1 : NED.ANTIL. chime Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers WILLEMSTAD - SF/2 : NED.ANTIL. non-trad (currently unidentified; was Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers)
LEON : NICARAGUA trad Cathedral
Cuzco : Peru great Cathedral LIMA - CC : PERU non-trad Catholic Church LIMA - SDF : PERU non-trad Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Fatima
BAYAMON : PUERTO RICO mech? Collegia Santa Rita HATO REY : PUERTO RICO non-trad Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (Universidad Politécnica de P.R.) RIO PIEDRAS : PUERTO RICO tubular Franklin D. Roosevelt Tower University of Puerto Rico
Suriname (SR)
Formerly the colony of Dutch Guiana, this country has been independent since 1975.
It may at one time have been a department of Netherlands Antilles.
PARAMARIBO - J : SURINAME chime J.L.Jong A Kiem N.V. PARAMARIBO - T : SURINAME trad Toren op Vaillantsplein/Valliantsplein
Trinidad (TT)
Formerly a British Colony,
the country of Trinidad and Tobago has been independent since 1962.
(UNKNOWN) : TRINIDAD chime Catholic Church PORT OF SPAIN - HT : TRINIDAD chime Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (Anglican)
MONTEVIDEO - CC : URUGUAY trad Beffroi de la Mairie Communale MONTEVIDEO - Unknown ! : URUGUAY mech? (Unknown)
CARACAS : VENEZUELA chime Church SAN CRISTOBAL : VENEZUELA trad Iglesia de Los Recolletos Tachira
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