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Carillon
A set of bells, musically tuned and hung in a tower, played by a pin barrel or by hand. The carillon is occasionally associated with domestic clocks, and in both types two hammers are sometimes provided for each bell, lifted by separate pins, to increase the striking rate of one note.
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