About Corinth's Carillon

In the Fall of 2005, Corinth Central School received the gift of a restored electronic carillon. A carillon (pronounced “carol – on”) is an instrument of tower bells played from a keyboard. The bells of the Corinth carillon can be heard over much of the area surrounding the school.

Traditionally, a carillon consists of bronze bells weighing many tons. It is played from a mechanical keyboard akin to a huge piano. Corinth’s carillon, however, uses tiny units of genuine bell bronze to produce its bell tones. Their barely-audible sounds are amplified over a million times to simulate the volume and tone of real bells. Twenty-five notes, two full octaves, are available from the instrument’s keyboard, located in the band room. The sound is produced through four large speakers mounted on the roof of the new wing. All music is played “live” and is not pre-programmed or recorded in any way!

The carillon is played each Friday at 2:15 as the students are leaving the school. It is also played on the last day of school before vacations, and in connection with national holidays, school functions, and community events.

How to Request a Tune

You can request a specific song or schedule a carillon performance to coincide with your community event. Please understand that all special event requests are subject to the availability of the carillonneur!

Some music is not readily adaptable to the tonal characteristics of the carillon, but every effort will be made to honor those requests which are suitable. Obviously, music which contains offensive lyrics will not be considered.

Email ruggieror@corinthcsd.com to request a song or to schedule a song with an event. Your email request must contain the information below. You will be notified by reply email when your request is to be played.

Event Request
Your Name:
Telephone:
Email address:
Name of Event:
Person in charge (if different from above):
Starting time for carillon performance:
Ending time for carillon performance:

Song Request
Your Name:
Telephone:
Email address:
Name of Tune (s) requested:

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