Index to carillons and chimes by Petit & Edelbrock

The Petit & Edelbrock foundry has provided bells for various chimes throughout the world. See the bottom of this page for contact information and additional notes.

The sites are listed in order by the year of casting (unknown first), which may be different from the year of installation. Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

C = Complete instrument
F = Foundation; originally a complete installation, later expanded
I = Intermediate expansion
E = Final expansion to current state
R = Recast/replaced

Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:

  chime     - chime (any mechanism)

NOTE: This index currently includes only installations outside of Europe. Eventually it will have a wider geographic coverage.

Petit & Edelbrock, Gescher, Westphalia, Germany

PAROW                         : S AFRICA     1??? C  chime
   City Hall Tower

DENVER - STJ                  : USA - CO     1905 C  chime
   Cathedral of St.John in the Wilderness (Episcopal)

Contact:

   Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock
   Hauptstrasse 5
   48712 Gescher
   Westfalen, Germany
   
   Tel: 02542 / 9333-0
   Fax: 02542 / 9333-12
   E:   info@petit-edelbrock.de

The full name of the foundry is Glocken- und Kunstgiesserei Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock. The words "Glocken- und Kunstgiesserei" can be translated "Bell- and Art-Foundry". The foundry history can be traced back to the year 1690.

The foundry Website (in German) provides extensive information on their history and current operations. Although they have made a few chimes, their principal production has been swinging bells.

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This index page was built from the database on 7-Jun-05 and last updated on 31-Dec-08.

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