*Location:
Vaskikello (Brassbellstore) Bell Museum
(main bell shed)
Highway 27 at Highway 4 (E75)
Pyhäsalmi, Oulun Lääni, Finland
LL: N 63.71331, E 25.91915
*Player:
(none)
*Contact:
Lassi and Kaisa Rönkkö Vaskikello Vaskikellontie 420 FIN-86800 Pyhäsalmi T: +358 8 780 780 F: +358 8 780 188
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Bells hung under the roof of a two- storey bell display shed; 10 notes also playable via hand-cranked mechanical barrel with separate transmission and outside hammers; both mechanisms currently inoperable.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 14 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
with bells made by an unknown maker
Year of latest technical information source is 2004
*Links:
From a visitor's gallery:
the largest
bell shed, with the chime actions at the right end (the chime bells can't be seen here).
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unidentified bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Ranking among all European chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European chimes by year of completion.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Finland.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 28-Apr-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/04/24 and on technical data last updated on 2006/04/12
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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