Editing Carillon (section)

===Revival===
In the early 1890s, an English [[change ringer]] and [[canon (priest)|canon]] Arthur Simpson published a set of articles on bell tuning, where he argued bell founders had been complacent with their poor tuning methods and proposed solutions to the existing problems. [[John William Taylor]], who had been trying to replicate the tuning techniques of the Hemony brothers and the Vanden&nbsp;Gheyns at [[John Taylor & Co|his foundry]], began working with Simpson. In 1904, they founded the first tuned bells in over a century.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|pp=173–76}} The rediscovery initiated a revival of carillon building.{{sfn|"Carillon." ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''}}

In [[Mechelen]], Belgium, [[Jef Denyn]] was a major figure in the carillon's revival as a musical instrument. In 1887, after his father had become completely blind, Denyn took over as the city carillonneur and was responsible for playing the carillon in the tower of [[St.&nbsp;Rumbold's Cathedral]].{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|pp=177–78}} From the beginning of his career, Denyn advocated for better playability of the instrument. He further developed the tumbler rack system of transmission cables that his father had installed on the cathedral carillon. This allowed the player to have better control over [[Dynamics (music)|dynamic]] variations, fast musical passages and [[tremolo]]s. Tremolos offered a solution to a Romantic-era limitation of the carillon: its inability to expressively sustain the sound of individual notes.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|pp=178–80}}

[[File:Mechelen St-Romboutskathedraal 04.JPG|thumb|alt=An ornate stone brick bell tower|The tower of [[St. Rumbold's Cathedral]] in [[Mechelen]], Belgium, where [[Jef Denyn]] generated worldwide interest in the carillon]]

With his improving skills as a carillonneur and the upgraded cathedral carillon, Denyn's performances began attracting crowds of listeners. He established regular Monday night concerts at the suggestion of the city council.{{sfn|Swager|1993|pp=50–51}} On 1&nbsp;August 1892, Denyn hosted the first carillon concert in history.{{sfn|Rombouts|2014|p=181}} From this point forward, the instrument garnered a reputation as a concert instrument, rather than as an instrument tasked with providing background music.{{sfn|Swager|1993|p=51}}