# Who Are The Glockenspiel Superstars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505 "2015-11-03T08:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505/21 "2015-11-05T19:45:36Z")
Hey! We have one here in Calgary. It’s pretty big. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary\_Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Tower) Wait, we have two. The other one is pretty big too, but it is digital. [http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/soundbites/tag/mount-royal-university-carillon/](http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/soundbites/tag/mount-royal-university-carillon/) No clue on the glockenspiel superstars though. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505/22 "2015-11-05T22:46:47Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Hey! We have one here in Calgary. It’s pretty big. The distinction drawn is that Frank’s is _portable_. (After a fashion.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505/23 "2015-11-05T23:58:47Z")
When I hear the word glockenspiel the name that leaps to mind is Mike Oldfield. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7hySOHkPukM/hqdefault.jpg "Mike Oldfield The Making of Tubular Bells II 01 Glockenspiel 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hySOHkPukM) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505/24 "2015-11-06T16:04:28Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > For pop/rock use of the glockenspiel, I always think of “Little” Steve Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul’s 1982 not-quite-hit [“Forever”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ctug20gio). The video and song epitomize early '80s outer-borough New York street life! But it’s hardly a virtuoso part – I can play it on my toddler’s classic color-coded toy glockenspiel. I think of Don McCloskey and [“My Focken Glockenspiel”](https://youtu.be/-dSOk3eIzII). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505/25 "2015-11-06T16:22:51Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Hey! We have one here in Calgary. It’s pretty big. > > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary\_Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Tower) > > Wait, we have two. The other one is pretty big too, but it is digital. > > [http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/soundbites/tag/mount-royal-university-carillon/](http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/soundbites/tag/mount-royal-university-carillon/) > > No clue on the glockenspiel superstars though. There’s a couple carillons in the Chicago area, as well. There’s one at University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel and at least one other one in Naperville, near the riverwalk. When I was a kid, my piano teacher took me to U of C and I got to meet the carillon player and see him in action. I also vaguely remember a carillon being featured on some PBS kids show, perhaps Mr. Rogers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-glockenspiel-superstars/736505.md?page=1)