BARCELONA - P : SPAIN

*Location:

   Palau de la Generalitat
   (Palace de Diputacion Provincial)
   Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
   LL: N 41.38296, E 2.17628
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*Player:

   Anna Maria Reverté i Casas,   (A)
     Carillonista
   Palau de la Generalitat
   Carilló
   Pl. de Sant Jaume, 4
   8002 Barcelona
   H: 03/302 0057   W: 93/402 4818
   F: 93/402 4658
   E: amreverte@gencat.net
   - and -
   Maria Dolors Coll Vendrell   (A)
     (retired)
   Passeig Saint Joau, 57-4-1
   08009 Barcelona
   H: 03/265 64 60   W: 03/402 48 18

*Contact:

   Carilló del Palau de la Generalitat
     de Catalunya
   E: carillo_palau.presidencia
       @gencast.net

*Schedule:

   Automatic play at 1200 & 1800 daily.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1977
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1989

*Links:

The carillon has its own Website, with photos and concert schedule (in Catalan).

The carillonneur's Website (in Catalan and Dutch) is shared with her husband, and details their artistic endeavors together.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Spain.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Spain.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 24-Oct-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/10/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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