CHIMES (ante). This class of music is believed to have originated in some of the German monasteries, and the first instrument for the production of C. to have been made in 1487 at Alost, in the Netherlands. Among the celebrated chimes•of Europe are those of Copenhagen, Ghent, and Amsterdam. A number of bells is required for a proper execution of this music. The carillons a clavier are played like a piano-forte; the keys are handles connected with the bells by rods or cords, and the carillonneur employs his hands and feet to play an air. The pedals communicate with the larger bells for the bass. The keys on which the treble notes depend are struck with the hand, which is protected by a leather covering. It is stated that Potthoff, a blind organist of Amster dam, was able to perform fugues on this instrument. The invention of carillon machin ery is of ufodern origin; one person now is able by simply turning a barrel similar to that of a music box to chime eight bells with little difficulty. C. have been largely intro duced into our American churches. In New York there are four churches that have large chimes, St. Thomas, Grace, Trinity, and St. Ann's. The C. of Christ church in Phila delphia, Christ church in Boston, and Trinity church in New York, are probably the oldest in this country. Little is known of the Trinity church bells, except that five of them were cast in London before the year 1845. The ten bells have an aggregate weight of about 15,000 lbs.; the largest weighs 3,081 lbs., the smallest, 700 lbs.; they are hung in a frame-work of wood, and the machinery is somewhat primitive. St. Thomas church has ten bells which were cast at Meneely's in w. Troy, and put up in 1874; they
are very fine in tone and tune. Grace church has ten bells with an aggregate weight of 10,300 lbs., the largest, called the Rector's bell, weighs 2,835 lbs.; they are played on by means of a carillon el clavier, like those in Holland. The C. of old Christ church in Philadelphia are of historic interest. These bells were sent from England as a present from queen Anne; they were taken down during the revolution, and sunk in the Dela ware river, as it was feared the British might capture them. At the close of the war they were hung in the old belfry; and may now be heard on every holiday through the year. Christ church in Boston also has an ancient and notable chime. Full and partial chimes, the latter called peals, can now be heard in all parts of the country. There are three sets of chimes in Troy, N. Y. The church of the Good Shepherd, in Hartford; St. James church in Birmingham, Conn. ; old St. John's in Savannah, Ga. ; churches of different denominations in Indianapolis, Petersburg,Va.; Cleveland, 0.; Concord, N. H. ; Rochester, N. Y. ; and many others, produce chime music. Worth mentioning are those of St. Ann's, in Brooklyn; St. John's, in Newark; Grace church, and St. Patrick's, iu Buffalo; the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Albany; St. Paul's, in Read ing, Pa.; Pilgrim church, in St. Louis; in the bell-tower of Cornell university, at Ithaca, N. Y.; and in the college chapel at Amherst, Mass. The half C. and peals in the United States are very numerous. (See BELL, ante.)