Improvising on a 500 Year old Music Instrument - The Carillon

In this episode i got the chance to improvise a short piece of music on the huge and 500 year old Carillon, Enjoy! Martin & Co Have you ever been in a city and suddenly heard clock tower playing music in the distance? The chance is high that it was some kind of Carillon you were hearing. The Carillon is a clock tower instrument and probably a dutch invention although historians are not entirely sure. This carillon is built around 1600 in zierkzee, The Netherlands. Name: Carillon Type of Instrument: Clock Tower Instrument Origin: Probably The Netherlands Year Built: Turret Clock is from ca. 1550-1600 and the carillon was added later Maker: unknown Place of Manufacture: Zierikzee, The Netherlands --------------- Video Made by Martin Molin & Hannes Knutsson
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