Exhibition Place Carillon, Carillon at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada

The Exhibition Place Carillon is a 50-bell carillon on four green-painted steel legs, with an open belfry of hanging bells, a glazed compartment below it and a ladder in the lower frame. The bells were cast by the Royal Eijsbouts foundry of Asten, Netherlands; the bourdon weighs 4800 pounds. The instrument transposes up a perfect fourth from concert pitch.

In 1974, Carling-O'Keefe Breweries funded the construction of the carillon, originally called the Carlsberg Carillon. The 50 bells were cast by the Royal Eijsbouts foundry in Asten, Netherlands. The largest bell, the bourdon, weighs 4,800 pounds. The instrument transposes up a perfect fourth from concert pitch.

The carillon is played by carillonist Gerald Martindale, and when it was built it was played most days of the week during the Exhibition summer season. Four large bells, including the bourdon, carry outside hammers that sound the Cambridge Quarters, while the bourdon strikes the hour.

The carillon stands in Exhibition Place at 100 Princes' Blvd, near the Lake Shore Boulevard West side of the grounds. The 50 bells are played during the Canadian National Exhibition summer season, so time a visit to those weeks to hear them. The tower itself is not open for climbing; listeners gather at ground level around its base.

Partway up the tower, a compartment holds figures from Hans Christian Andersen's "The Swineherd"; a mechanism once moved them from one side to the other, but it no longer works. The bourdon weighs 4800 pounds, and four large bells have outside hammers that sound the Cambridge Quarters.