FREDERIKSBERG : DENMARK - S

*Location:

   Rådhus
   Smallegade
   Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
   LL: N 55.67839, E 12.53177

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*Player:

   Axel Madsen

*Contact:

   Frederiksberg Kommune
   Smallegade 1
   DK-2000 Frederiksberg
   T: 38 21 21 21   F: 38 21 29 50
   E: raadhuset@frederiksberg.dk

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Sørensen.
   Installed by Jermin Larsen; two-manual
   electric keyboard replaces original
   mechanical action.
   Tower open to tourists, with view
   across Copenhagen.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The present keyboard was installed in 1962
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1953, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

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

*Links:

The town Website ...

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

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Aug-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/08/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/02

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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