LA MERCED : ARGENTINA

*Location:

   (Unknown)
   La Merced, Salta, Argentina
   LL: S 24.97, W 65.48
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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Paccard     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978
*Links:

(There is also a town named La Merced in the state of Catamarca, but that seems an unlikely alternative.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all non-traditional carillons in Argentina.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Argentina.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Dec-12
   based on textual data last updated on 1979/01/16
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16
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