MEXICO CITY - IPN : MEXICO

*Location:

   Plaza del Carillón
   Instituto Politécnico Nacional
   ESIME Zacatenco
   Mexico, Distrito Federale, Mexico
   LL: N 19.498, W 99.137

   Commercial Exposition

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*Contact:

   Instituto Politécnico Nacional
   Miguel Othón de Mendizábal s/n
   Col.Residencial la Escalera
   07738 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
   T: 5729-6000   E: contacto@ipn.mx
   - or -
   Juan Pablo Martínez Gómez
   E: juan_pablo263@hotmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1952, in storage since 1968;
   reported stolen prior to 1989, but
   were rehabilitated in Dec.2009
   (but with only electric action).
   Also reported as 48 bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1952
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

The Institute's Website (English version) does not have any information about these bells, or where they might be located on this campus.  However, the Spanish version contains many PDF documents which refer to the "Plaza del Carillón", and one contains an article about the construction and dedication of this place.  Unfortunately, neither version has any campus maps.

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

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MX.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 29-Aug-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/06/20

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