HAMBURG - STN : GERMANY

*Location:

   St.Nicolaiturm
   Willy-Brandt-Strasse at Neue Burg
   Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
   LL: N 53.54749, E 9.99069

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*Player:

   Eberhard Köther
   Aspelohe 8
   22848 Norderstedt
   T: 040/528 78 350   F: 040/528 78 351
   E: eberhard.koether@aol.com

   1993-2005 Richard Brinkmann

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Thursday 1200 (market);
   summer Saturdays 1700;
   12-note quarters 0800-2000 daily, with
   tune at 9,12,15,18 (automatic)

*Remarks:

   Prior carillon destroyed in WW I.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1993
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1888, a complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by vanAerschodt
       (00 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

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

*Links:

The Website of the carillon (in German) opens with a photo of the carillon in the open windowframe of the half-ruined tower of the former church.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanAerschodt bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany:Hamburg.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-May-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/04/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/04/29

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