*Location:
Zvonnitsa (Gatehouse tower) Danilov (St.Daniel) Monastery Moskva (Moscow), Russia LL: N 55.749, E 37.623
*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:
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
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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