Travelling Carillon 'de Paltz'
(was Papageno Traveling Carillon)*Location:
'de Paltz' (private estate) Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands*Previous location (1990-96):
Traveling carillon Papageno Foundation, Switzerland*Previous location (1981-90):
Chateaurenard, France (60 bells)*Original location (1967-81):
A.Schweitzer Memorial Tower Libingen, Switzerland
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
E.S.Raatjes Heltenbosdijk 35 NL-6006RZ Weert T: (495)56 42 36
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Bells cast 1965/67. The largest and heaviest traveling carillon; built for the Papageno Foundation to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Federation. Later sold to the present owner, and stationed in Netherlands since May '96.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 59 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: --C / C --
There are two missing bass semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1996
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen Fritsen in 1965-67
Year of latest technical information source is 2006
*Links:
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.
Index to all traveling carillons in the world.
Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Netherlands.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 19-Mar-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14 and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/22
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