Non-traditional carillons in North America:
index by year of completion

The table below is an index to 163 North American non-traditional carillons, in order by year of completion (to the current number of bells).  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.

After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was extended from its previous size.


    Location (City : Country)                Year
Unknown - 4 instruments
GUADALAJARA - MC              : MEXICO       19__ C
GUADALAJARA - TE              : MEXICO       ???? C
LAKE ORION                    : USA - MI     ???? C
MEXICO CITY - U               : MEXICO       19?? C

1930s - 2 instruments
WILMINGTON - N                : USA - DE     1936 C
SAN SIMEON                    : USA - CA     1937 C

1940s - 2 instruments
NEW BRUNSWICK - S             : USA - NJ     1940C  non-trad*
SAN FRANCISCO - GC            : USA - CA     1943 C

1950s - 5 instruments
DALLAS - SMU                  : USA - TX     1952 C
MEXICO CITY - IPN             : MEXICO       1952 C  non-trad*
HOUSTON - STM                 : USA - TX     1954 C
LAKE CHARLES                  : USA - LA     1954 C
WASHINGTON - TM               : USA - DC     1959 C

1960s - 17 instruments
MAPLE HEIGHTS                 : USA - OH     1961 C
BRONXVILLE - VLC              : USA - NY     1963 C
DALLAS - CI                   : USA - TX     1964 C
GREENVILLE - WPC              : USA - SC     1964 C
BIRMINGHAM --                 : USA - MI     1965 C
MEDFORD - TU                  : USA - MA     1965 E
PORTOLA VALLEY                : USA - CA     1965 C
YONKERS - STP                 : USA - NY     1965 E
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - BSL        : USA - MI     1966 C
GREENVILLE - FU/2             : USA - SC     1966C  non-trad*

BOARDMAN                      : USA - OH     1967 E
CINCINNATI - STJ              : USA - OH     1967 C
FORT COLLINS                  : USA - CO     1967 C
FRANKENMUTH                   : USA - MI     1967 C
LOS ANGELES - MC              : USA - CA     1968 C
FLINT - GMI                   : USA - MI     1969 C
WASHINGTON - STL              : USA - DC     1969 C

1970s - 15 instruments
BRYAN                         : USA - OH     1970 C
CONCORD - STJ                 : USA - NC     1970 E
FERRUM                        : USA - VA     1970 C
MEXICO CITY SATELLITE         : MEXICO       1971 C
RICHMOND                      : USA - KY     1971 C
CLINTON                       : USA - SC     1973 C
ATLANTA - OU                  : USA - GA     1973 E
RENO                          : USA - NV     1973 C
GASTONIA - FUMC               : USA - NC     1974 C
MADISON - GC                  : USA - WI     1975 E

GREENCASTLE                   : USA - IN     1976 C  non-trad*
KITCHENER - O                 : CANADA - ON  1976 C
GREENWOOD - FBC               : USA - SC     1977 E
GREENWOOD - LC                : USA - SC     1978 C
PHILIPPI                      : USA - WV     1978*C
   * originally trebles of a traditional carillon elsewhere

1980s - 29 instruments
NEW ULM                       : USA - MN     1980 C
PHILADELPHIA - LHG            : USA - PA     1980*E
   * some bells were once in a traditional carillon
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ              : MEXICO       1981 C
WAPAKONETA                    : USA - OH     1981 C
ABILENE - CHR                 : USA - TX     1982 C
GERING                        : USA - NE     1982 C
LOUISVILLE - A                : USA - KY     1982 C
COLLEGE STATION               : USA - TX     1984 C
RICHMOND                      : CANADA - BC  1984 C
ATLANTA - G                   : USA - GA     1985 C

BELMONT - HC                  : USA - NC     1985 E
DENVER - CCC                  : USA - CO     1985 C
KEARNEY                       : USA - NE     1985 C
MORGANTON                     : USA - NC     1985 C
PENSACOLA - FP                : USA - FL     1985 C
REGINA - VP                   : CANADA - SK  1985 C
BRAMPTON                      : CANADA - ON  1986 C
DALLAS - PCB                  : USA - TX     1986 C
LAKEWOOD                      : USA - NJ     1986 C
MINNEAPOLIS - BS              : USA - MN     1986 C

TUSCALOOSA - UA/2             : USA - AL     1986 C
GAINESVILLE                   : USA - GA     1987 C
ATLANTA - FC                  : USA - GA     1988 C
HYANNIS                       : USA - MA     1989 C
LEECHBURG                     : USA - PA     1989 E
LINCOLN - FP/2                : USA - NE     1989*C
   * previously the trebles of the tower carillon
PENSACOLA - PCC               : USA - FL     1989 C
RIVERSIDE - FCC               : USA - CA     1989 C
SEATTLE - CTC                 : USA - WA     1989*C
   * irregular collection of new and old bells

1990s - 27 instruments
BALTIMORE - STP               : USA - MD     1990 C
MEXICO CITY - SMG/1           : MEXICO       1990 C
SAVANNAH                      : USA - GA     1990 E
EDMONTON - CH                 : CANADA - AB  1991 C
HOLLAND - DV                  : USA - MI     1991 C
NORTH ANDOVER                 : USA - MA     1991 C
GAYLORD                       : USA - MI     1992 C
BATESVILLE                    : USA - AR     1993 C
CINCINNATI - SP               : USA - OH     1993 C
PANAMA CITY BEACH             : USA - FL     1993 C  non-trad*

WINAMAC                       : USA - IN     1993 C
JONESBORO - STM               : USA - AR     1994 C
MINNEAPOLIS - NHCC            : USA - MN     1994*C
   * originally elsewhere
CHARLOTTE - MPUM              : USA - NC     1995 E
LEBANON                       : USA - TN     1995 E
LUBBOCK - FM                  : USA - TX     1995 C
ATLANTA - FP                  : USA - GA     1996 E
BOILING SPRINGS               : USA - NC     1996 C
MESA                          : USA - AZ     1996*C
   * traditional keyboard existed, but was never installed

LA GRANGE                     : USA - GA     1997 C
SALINA                        : USA - KS     1997 E
MIDDLETOWN - C                : USA - OH     1998 C
WESTMINSTER                   : USA - CO     1998 E
LITTLE ROCK - PHM             : USA - AR     1999 C
CINCINNATI - GH               : USA - OH     1999 E
NASHVILLE - TB/1              : USA - TN     1999 C
NASHVILLE - TB/2              : USA - TN     1999 C

2000s - 42 instruments
LOCK HAVEN - U                : USA - PA     2000 C
MINNEAPOLIS - STM             : USA - MN     2000 E
SAINT CATHARINES              : CANADA - ON  2000 E
OXFORD                        : USA - MS     2001 C
OXFORD - 2                    : USA - OH     2001 C
RIO GRANDE                    : USA - OH     2001 C
TYLER - U                     : USA - TX     2001 C
BOWLING GREEN                 : USA - KY     2002 C
CHERRYVILLE                   : USA - NC     2002 E
GETTYSBURG - GC               : USA - PA     2002 C

LAWRENCEBURG                  : USA - IN     2002 C
LOS ANGELES - CLA             : USA - CA     2002*E
   *  part was previously a traditional carillon elsewhere
NORCROSS                      : USA - GA     2002 C
WACO - BU/3                   : USA - TX     2002 C
VANCOUVER                     : USA - WA     2002 C
VINTON                        : USA - VA     2002 C
AUGUSTA - CP                  : USA - GA     20__ E
JONESBORO - U                 : USA - AR     2003 C
SACRAMENTO - E                : USA - CA     2003 C
SPARTANBURG - FP              : USA - SC     2003 E

TUSCALOOSA - SS               : USA - AL     2003 C
CONWAY                        : USA - SC     2004 C
SAINT PAUL - STL              : USA - MN     2004 C
CHICAGO - STJO/2              : USA - IL     20__ C
WICHITA - HC                  : USA - KS     2004 C
JOHNSON CITY                  : USA - TN     2005 C
ANDOVER                       : USA - MA     2005 E
FORT SMITH - U                : USA - AR     2005 E
VERO BEACH                    : USA - FL     2006 C
CARMEL - 1                    : USA - IN     2006 C

CARMEL - 2                    : USA - IN     2006 C
COLUMBIA - STJ                : USA - SC     2006 C
ROSENBERG                     : USA - TX     2007 C
CEDAR CITY                    : USA - UT     2007 C
HOUSTON - SH                  : USA - TX     2007 C
TULSA - FP/2                  : USA - OK     2007 C
DALTON                        : USA - GA     2008 C
INDIANAPOLIS - IP             : USA - IN     2008 C
MOUNT HERMON                  : USA - MA     2008*C
   * originally a traditional carillon elsewhere
URBANA - 2                    : USA - IL     2008 C

BUIES CREEK                   : USA - NC     2009 C
OKLAHOMA CITY - STE           : USA - OK     2009 C

2010s - 16 instruments
GREENSBORO - U                : USA - NC     2010 C
LAS VEGAS - SC                : USA - NV     2010 C
LAVAL                         : CANADA - QU  2011 C
COLORADO SPRINGS              : USA - CO     2012 C
GREENVILLE - R                : USA - SC     2012 C
LEHIGHTON - F                 : USA - PA     2013 C
FOLEY                         : USA - AL     2014 C
AUSTIN - GS                   : USA - TX     2016 C
NAMPA                         : USA - ID     2014 C
JACKSON - U                   : USA - TN     2015 C

NACOGDOCHES                   : USA - TX     2016 E
LYNCHBURG - LU                : USA - VA     2016 C
NORFOLK - VAF/mobile          : USA - VA     2016*C
   * originally a traditional carillon elsewhere
WILMINGTON -- FP              : USA - NC     2012 C
JEFFERSON                     : USA - IA     2017 E
CORVALLIS                     : USA - OR     2018 E

2020s - 4 instruments
NEW BERN                      : USA - NC     20__ E
NEW YORK - CP                 : USA - NY     2020 C
TAMPA                         : USA - FL     2022 C
CHARLESTON - STC              : USA - SC     2022 C


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