Glockenspiel
*Location:
Neues Rathaus Marienplatz München (Munich), Bayern, Germany LL: N 48.13744, E 11.57546
*Contact:
(unknown)
*Schedule:
Daily from May to October, at 1100, 1200, and 1700, 32 life-sized figures on two levels re-enact 16th c. stories, accompanied by the bells (15 min.)
*Remarks:
Bells by Oberascher. Also reported as 43 bells, which may be a replacement for an older set.
*Technical data:
Electric-automatic carillon of 42 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
The whole instrument was installed in 1930
by the maker cited in Remarks above
Year of latest technical information source is 1973
*Links:
Blog article on Munich, mentioning the Rathaus glockenspiel, with photo-postcard view.
Waymarking page, with 7 photos in the gallery
Photo of the square and tower
Closeup photo of 2-level glockenspiel action
Ditto, different perspective
Photo of clock and spire,
showing bells in upper belfry
Photo of building and tower
Photo of glockenspiel, tower and spire
Mid-range photo of the entire glockenspiel
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by year of completion.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany:Bavaria.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 27-May-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/05/27 and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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