BERLIN - K : GERMANY-BRD

*Location:

   Haus der Kulturen der Welt
     (House of World Cultures)
   Kongresshalle
     (Congress Hall)
   John Foster Dulles Allee
     at Grosse Querallee
   Berlin, Germany
   LL: N 52.51780, E 13.36693

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*Player:

   Jeffery Bossin   (C)
   Handjerystrase 37
   D-1000 Berlin 41
   T: 30/851 2828
   E: campanax@snafu.de

*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 68 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G D   /    G C 30
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1987
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

Website (in English and German) of the carillon and carillonneur

Wikimedia photo of the tower

A blogger's article about this carillon, with photos

Wikipedia article (in German)

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Where the bass bell of this carillon ranks among all great bells in Europe.  (The next three bells can also be found in that list:  #2,  #3,  #4.)

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 traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  5-Feb-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/02/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/02/04

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