ROSTOV VELIKII : RUSSIA

*Location:

   Uspenski Sobor
   (Assumption Cathedral)
   Rostov Velikii (Rostov-the-Great),
     Yaroslavskaya Oblast, Russia
   LL: N 57.19, E 39.42

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Great bourdon B about 36 tons; other
   notes (in ascending order) include
   C,E,G,G#,E,G,G#,C,D,F,G(2),A

*Technical data:

   Zvon of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the bass octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range: (B) ZVON  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Installation was completed in an unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Year of latest technical information source is 1989

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These bells being presumably by a variety of founders, the instrument is not indexed by foundry or by year.

Where the bass bell of this zvon ranks among all great bells in Russia.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Russia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 28-Nov-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/11/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/11/21

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