Non-traditional carillons in Europe:
index by weight (pitch)

NOTE:   This list is not complete - many instruments remain to be added for France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

The table below is an index to 50 European non-traditional carillons, in order by the pitch of the bourdon (heaviest bell of the main keyboard range).  Instruments with the same bourdon pitch are in descending order by number of bells, then by missing semitones, then by country.  The key to the four column headings is at the end of the table, along with some other notes.

    Location (City : Country)               Note Chr  Nr  Transp

BELGRADE                      : SERBIA       G   -   49   -
ZAGORSK                       : RUSSIA       C-  -   24   -
SEVILLE                       : SPAIN        C#  -   24   -
FATIMA                        : PORTUGAL     A#  -   60   -

SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/2       : RUSSIA       C  +X   38   0
SISIKON                       : SWITZERLAND  E   Z   37   4
ROMA                          : ITALY        F#  X   23   6
HAUGESUND                     : NORWAY       G   -   36   7
KRISTIANSAND                  : NORWAY       G   -   36   G
BAERUM                        : NORWAY       G   -   25   -
TONSBERG                      : NORWAY       G   -   25   -
MORGINS                       : SWITZERLAND  G   Y   23   -
SALZBURG                      : AUSTRIA      A#  X   35   -
YSTAD - MK                    : SWEDEN       A   -   36   -

REYKJAVIK - H                 : ICELAND      C   -   29   -
PRAHA - L                     : CZECH REP.   C   -   27   -
STOCKHOLM - AFK               : SWEDEN       C   Y   24   -
SPREITENBACH-KILLWANGEN       : SWITZERLAND  C  +X   24  12
KRISTIANSTAD                  : SWEDEN       C   -   23   -
GRAZ - GM                     : AUSTRIA      D   -   24   -
YSTAD - OK                    : SWEDEN       G   -   24   -
ZURICH - ZA                   : SWITZERLAND  A   -   23   -
ZURICH - ZR                   : SWITZERLAND  A   -   23   -

BOLOGNA                       : ITALY        -   -   55   - 
ECHTERNACH - 3                : LUXEMBOURG   -   -   48   -
SAINT PETERSBURG - CI         : RUSSIA       -   -   40   -
STOCKHOLM - DC                : SWEDEN       -   -   39   -
LUXEMBOURG                    : LUXEMBOURG   -   -   38   -
KECSKEMÉT                     : HUNGARY      -   -   37   -
INNSBRUCK - STJ               : AUSTRIA      -   -   35   -
INNSBRUCK - Z                 : AUSTRIA      -   -   35   -
KEM                           : RUSSIA       -   -   35   -
PATRAI                        : GREECE       -   -   35   -

POVOA DE VARZIM               : PORTUGAL     -   -   35   -
ZURICH - BK                   : SWITZERLAND  -   -   31   -
MOSKVA - ST/1                 : RUSSIA       -   -   30   -
OSTERSUND                     : SWEDEN       -   -   27   - 
PYHÄSALMI - 1                 : FINLAND      -   -   26   -
ECHTERNACH - 1                : LUXEMBOURG   -   -   26   -
MESSINA                       : ITALY        -   -   25   -
STOCKHOLM - O                 : SWEDEN       -   -   25   -
VENEGONO                      : ITALY        -   -   25   -
GISLAVED                      : SWEDEN       -   -   24   -

KUMLA                         : SWEDEN       -   -   24   -
OXELÖSUND                     : SWEDEN       -   -   24   -
SUNDBYBERG                    : SWEDEN       -   -   24   -
UPPLANDS-VÄSBY                : SWEDEN       -   -   24   -
KIRUNA                        : SWEDEN       -   -   23   -
KUOPIO                        : FINLAND      -   -   23   -

GRAZ - MK                     : AUSTRIA      -   -   ??   -

Key to column headings:

Note

pitch of the bourdon (bass bell) of the carillon. (In rare instances there may be a heavier sub-bourdon bell; see below.)

Chr

chromatics indicator:
Z = fully chromatic (no missing semitones)
Y = missing one semitone in the bass (typically keyboard C# or B)
X = missing two semitones in the bass (typically keyboard C#,D# or B,C#)
- = unknown or not applicable (e.g., zvon)

Nr

number of bells (notes) in the carillon.

Transp

transposition from the keyboard notes to the pitches of the corresponding bells, in semitones.  (Thus the number "12" reflects transposition upward one octave, while "-3" reflects transposition downward by a minor third.)

Notes:

The table is sorted first on the pitch of the bass bell, then on the number of bells, then on the chromatics indicator, then on city.  The actual weight of the bass bell is not used.

The weight range indicators for each octave are only gross approximations, and should not be taken to represent any specific bell.

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