TIRANA : ALBANIA

*Location:

   Katedralja Ngjallja e Krishtit
   (Resurrection Cathedral)
   Rruga Ibrahim Rugova,
     north of Rruga Myslym Shyri
   Tirana (Tiranë), Albania
   LL: N 41.32622, E 19.81704
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   The Orthodox Autocephalous Church
     of Albania
   Bulevardi "Deshmorët e Kombit", Nr.5
   Tiranë
   T: 4-2257 261   F: 4-2257 263
   E: orthchal/@/orthodoxalbania DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells assumed installed with building;
   possibly loudspeakers also

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2012
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022
*Links:

The English Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it in which most of its 16 bells are visible.  Analysis of various closeups show that the bells may be hung in 3 levels below (with perhaps 6 bells and 2 loudspeakers) and 2 levels above (with perhaps 10 bells).

The Website of the Orthodox Church of Albania provides contact information.

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 Albania.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Mar-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/03
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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