PUEBLA : MEXICO

*Location:

   North tower
   Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la
     Immaculada Concepción
   (Immaculate Conception Cathedral)
   Zócalo  (main square)
   Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico
   LL: N 19.04303, W 98.19870

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bourdon (8 1/2 tonnes, cast 1729) and
   10 other bells hung dead in lower
   belfry; 8 esquilas and 1 bell hung dead
   in upper belfry.  Clappers of the
   dead-hung bells are roped or moved by
   hand.
   Second-largest cathedral in Mexico.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 19 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Installation was completed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

photo after 1999 earthquake

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MX.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/01

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