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carillon
noun
[ ˈkarɪljən ]
• a set of bells played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll.
Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from Old French quarregnon ‘peal of four bells’, based on Latin quattuor ‘four’.