BUENOS AIRES - MU : ARGENTINA

*Location:

   Torre del Consejo Deliberante
   Municipio 
   Buenos Aires, Argentina

*Remarks:

   Electric keyboard disconnected, and 
   stored in basement; wiring removed. 
   Replacements in 1996 by an unidentified
   German firm.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 30 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     A D#  /    NONE  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   5 bells were recast or replaced in 1996
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1930, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Schilling   
       (25 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

A tower photo, courtesy of Wm.P. and Barbara Schilling Stanton.

A city locator map.
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Schilling bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).

Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all non-traditional carillons in AR.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AR.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 18-Nov-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/11/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/11/15

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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