Quadrabell carillon instrument

A bell music instrument for providing music having the true sound of cast bells, such instrument comprising

• a plurality of bell record modules, each such module comprising a continuous tape system,
• automatic program means for automatically programming the selection and playing of music from a selected one of said bell record modules and,
• manual control means for manually causing the playing of bell music from a selected one of said modules,
• wherein the improvement comprises at least one of said modules having a continuous tape with a plurality of tracks, means for rotating said tape and a track pickup for each track for picking up recorded music therefrom, said track pickups each positioned at a common position relative to said tape, each of said tracks having a sequence of music recorded thereon starting at a common tape starting position, a selected one of said tracks having a predetermined silence period and the other tracks each having a silence period greater than said predetermined period and following their respective sequences of recorded music, means for determining when said pickup means for said selected one track senses the silence of said predetermined silence period, and means for stopping rotation of said tape when a predetermined portion of said predetermined silence period has been sensed.