PRAHA - Mobile : CZECH REP.

*Location:

   Prazská Mobilní Zvonohra
   (Prague Mobile Carillon)
   Praha (Prague), Czech Republic
   (formerly part of Czechoslovakia)
Site locator map not applicable.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Carillon Ltd.Comp.
   Statenice 161
   252 62 Horomerice
   T/F: 233 330 961
   E: carillon@carillon.cz

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast for Manousek by Eijsbouts

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 57 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C A   /    C --  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2000
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

The casting of these bells at Eijsbouts is explained by an article from the Prague Monitor (in English) about Czech bellfounder Petr Manousek working (temporarily, he hopes) at Eijsbouts.

The Manousek Foundry Website (English version)

A WCF page has a photo and details.

Clock-O-Matic (one of the builders) has a page (in Dutch) with a photo from the keyboard side.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traveling carillons in the world.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Czech Republic.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 18-Mar-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/10/22


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