> Something like: man_made=bells + bells=carillon for the larger instruments and man_made=bells + bells=chime for the smaller ones.
That makes sense. Also, "bells" is easier to translate into most languages. -- Joseph Eisenberg On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 9:57 AM Adam Franco <[email protected]> wrote: > These large bell-instruments their own terminology with a Carillon being > defined as having 24+ bells:* "A carillon-like instrument with fewer than > 23 bells is called a chime > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chime_(bell_instrument)>." *(ref > Wikipedia/Carillon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon>) with the > exception of *"Instruments built before 1940 and composed of between 15 > and 22 bells may be designated as 'historical carillons.'"* (ref > Wikipedia/Carillon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon>) > > It seems that tagging these instruments under a overarching category might > be good. Something like: man_made=bells + bells=carillon for the larger > instruments and man_made=bells + bells=chime for the smaller ones. Those > "historical carillons" could get either one or their own value for bells=. > This would avoid the potential confusion of calling something with 14 bells > a "carillon" which would be inaccurate. >
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