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They are carillonneurs and the first part of any performance involves ascending a tall bell tower.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

Emphasis on the musculature of the carillonneurs was such an error.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have known some good carillonneurs who couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why, that is the name of the most celebrated of carillonneurs, Van den Gheyn of Louvain."

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

They are superb—nearly five hundred sweet-toned bells, and on of the best carillonneurs of Holland to play upon them.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes