William Wooding Starmer's Contributions to the Modern Carillon Art.

William Wooding Starmer (1866-1927) was an English campanologist and carillon advisor of international renown. During his time, he was considered a leading figure in the carillon community for his expertise and influence, as demonstrated by his frequent correspondence and close ties with the likes of Jef Denyn and William Gorham Rice. He was active during a period of great change within the carillon art and its associated community, including improvements in bell production techniques, instrument ranges, and technical innovation, education, and composition. Starmer was active in advancing all these areas: his efforts demonstrate the vision he had of the potential of the carillon as a modern instrument and the contributions he made to the development of the carillon art as it would come to be recognized by the end of the twentieth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]