Century Tower (University of Florida)
About the Century Tower Carillon
About the Century Tower Carillon
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* It has 61 bells and a range span of 5 octaves.
* The entire carillon weighs .
* The smallest bell in the Century Tower Carillon plays a high C, weighs  and has a diameter of about .
* The largest bell, called the [bourdon](/wiki/Bourdon_%28bell%29 "Bourdon (bell)"), plays a low A\-sharp. It is  tall, weighs about  and is  in diameter.
* The carillon chimes each quarter of the hour from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The [pentatonic](/wiki/Pentatonic "Pentatonic") clock strike [melody](/wiki/Melody "Melody") that is played, "Florida Chimes", is unique to this carillon and was written by Dr. Budd Udell, former Chair of the Department of Music (1977–85\) at the University of Florida.["A Guide to the Collection of Musical Scores Composed or Arranged by Budd A. Udell"](http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/archome/ms126.htm) UF George A. Smathers Libraries
* Students at the [university](/wiki/University_of_Florida "University of Florida") can take carillon lessons, and regularly climb 194 steps in Century Tower to play in one of the two daily performances.
* The carillon is played using 61 keys (or “batons”) for the hands and 25 pedals for the feet. The musician sits in a small room just below the bell chamber.
* There are fewer than 200 carillons in North America and only four in Florida.["History of the Carillon"](http://www.arts.ufl.edu/carillon/history2.shtml) University of Florida Carillon at Century Tower

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