MOSKVA - DM : RUSSIA

*Location:

   Zvonnitsa (Gatehouse tower)
   Danilov (St.Daniel) Monastery
   Moskva (Moscow), Russia
   LL: N 55.749, E 37.623

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*Player:

   (Various)

*Contact:

   St.Daniel Monastery
   115191, Moskva, Danilovsky Val, 22
   T: (095)961-14-80
   E: kanz@msdm.ru

*Schedule:

   Several times daily, for matins and
   vesper services.

*Remarks:

   Zvon, restored May 1985; also reported
   as 11 or 15 bells.
   Most bells cast by the Olovianishnikovs
   of Yaroslavl in the 19th c.; collected
   from destroyed churches of several
   regions of Russia; largest 3.5 tons,
   1890; details of weights & pitches
   unknown.  Original bells from this
   monastery now in
   CAMBRIDGE,  USA - MA  (see 'Chimes'
   section of North America).

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 17 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ZVON  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

The English section of the Website of the Monastery contains a special section on the bells, including history, recordings, etc.  A photo gallery includes pictures of several towers.

A Wikipedia article about the Monastery describes its history and has two photos (but neither shows the bell tower).

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unidentified bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Russia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  5-Dec-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/12/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/04

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