*Location:

   Rathaus (City hall)
   Rathausplatz
   St.Pölten, Niederösterreich, Austria
   LL: N 48.20444, E 15.62308

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Stadt St.Pölten
   Rathausplatz 1
   3100 St.Pölten

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells and installation by Grassmayr,
   electric action by ClockOMatic

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2022
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The German Wikipedia article about the Rathaus has photos of it, and a link to the Wikimedia Commons category with more photos of it, but does not mention these bells.
However, the Italian Wikipedia article about the town does mention them, in a paragraph about the town hall.
The German Wikipedia article about the city has a photo of the Rathaus (city hall); the bells were installed through the opening directly above the front clock face.

German-language news article (23 Sep 2022) on the casting of 48 bells for the Rathaus

City article about the casting of the bells; with clickable photo of the casting, plus a photo of the city delegation outside the Grassmayr foundry

German-language article, with a gallery of 58 photos showing bells on a delivery truck, ceremonies, and hoisting the last bells into the tower; also a video (1:38) of the hoisting of the last bell.

News article on the delivery of the bells

A YouTube video (2:02) is actually an audio recording of "O Tannenbaum" with still photo of the building and its tower.  "It is recommended to listen to the entire piece to appreciate the bells and the accompaniment on the main melody.

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

Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European 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 Austria.

   This page was built from the database on  3-Jan-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/11/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/11/22