Monsieur," he went on in a voice which began to grow a little unsteady, "the Huns have destroyed the ancient carillons of Louvain and of Mechlin.
Very soon there will be no more of the old carillons left; no more bell-music in the world.
The Belgian carillons have sometimes forty or fifty bells in communication with a key-board like that of an organ, and tunes can therefore be played on them in harmony.
In ancient times these carillonswere played by hand on a keyboard, called a clavecin.
Thus came the carillons of Malines, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Louvain, and Tournai.
Some Carillons of Flanders Some Carillons of Flanders It is worth noting that nearly all of the noble Flemish towers with their wealth of bells are almost within sight (and I had nearly written, sound) of each other.
And the modern tendency of the best builders is to make the organ still more orchestral in character, by the addition of carillons and other percussion stops.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carillons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
