REGINA - VP : CANADA - SK

   Glockenspiel

*Location:

   Victoria Park
   12th Avenue and Scarth Street
   Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
   LL: N 50.4486, W 104.6110

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*Contact:

   City of Regina
   *parcel:
     2476 Victoria Avenue
     Regina, SK
   *postal:
     PO Box 1790
     Regina, SK  S4P 3C8
   T: (306)777-7000
   E: (via Webform@www.regina.ca)

*Schedule:

   A mix of traditional and contemporary
   folk songs from around the world,
   every hour on the hour.

*Remarks:

   Made in Germany.  Bass note estimated
   from reported weight of 80.3 kg.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

NOTE: The name "Glockenspiel" is to be interpreted in the Germanic sense of automatic bell play, not in the English sense of automatic animation accompanied by bell music.  These bells were given to the city of Regina by residents of German origin.

A blog page, and the enlarged photo from it

Another blog page and the enlarged photo from it

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

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in SK.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 24-Dec-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/30

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