VARDE : DENMARK - J

*Location:

   Sct.Jacobi Kirke
   Kirkepladsen
   Varde, Ribe Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 55.62022, E 8.47953

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*Player:

   Christian Blom Hansen, Organist
   T: 75 21 08 34
   E: organist@varde-kirke.dk

   Ingeborgh Krogh

*Contact:

   Kirkekontoret
   Kirkepladsen 4
   DK-6800 Varde
   T: 75 22 15 72
   E: vj@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Automatic play daily at 8,12...18,22

*Remarks:

   Installation by Jermin Larsen.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1963
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

The home page of the church Website has a photo of the building, and there is a page about the carillon.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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  7-Aug-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20

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