GRENAA : DENMARK - J

   Queen Ingrids Carillon

*Location:

   Sankt Gertruds kirke
   Torvet
   Grenå, Nordjyllands Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 56.41357, E 10.87570

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*Player:

   Per Rasmus Møller
   Nørregade 4
   8550 Ryomgaard
   T: 8639 4048
   E: prm /@/ km DOTdk

*Contact:

   Grenaa kirkekontoret
   Storegade 6
   DK-8500 Grenaa
   T: 8632 1415
   E: grenaa DOTkirkekontor /@/ c DOTdk
      grenaa DOTsogn /@/ km DOTdk

*Schedule:

   Automatic at 9,12,15,18,20,22 daily,
   except hourly 9-20 in Jul,Aug,Dec;
   live concerts frequently.

*Remarks:

   North European standard keyboard by
   Eijsbouts; prepared for 49 bells (bass
   B flat + 11 trebles)
   Tower also contains 3 swinging bells
   by Claus van Dam, Kobenhavn, 1648 - the
   oldest set of bells cast by a single
   founder in a single year, in any
   Danish church.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C#  /    C G   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 2008
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1995, the instrument was begun with 21 bells
       by an unknown maker
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

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

*Links:

The Website of the carillon (in Danish) has a photo of the keyboard (with keys for future trebles but without future bass pedal), a small drawing of the building, an aerial perspective photo of the building in its neighborhood, and a history of bells here.

The parish Webpage (in Danish) has a small photo of St.Gertruds church in the upper left corner; unfortunately it is not clickable for a larger version.  (The clickable photo in the upper right corner shows a bell house, but it is not clear whether it is at St.Gertruds church or at St.Peters church.)

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

Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by age.

Index to all traditional carillons in DK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 13-Nov-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/10/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/10/02

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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