*Location:

   Pavilion
   Da Zhong Si (Big Bell Temple) Museum
   A31 North Third Ring Road
   Beijing, China
   LL: N 39.96828, E 116.33233

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Guzhong Bowuguan (Big Bell Museum)
   31 West 3rd Ring Road
   Haidian District
   Beijing
   T: 8610-6264 1384, 6254 1972, 8261 1736
   F: 8610 6255 0843
   E: dzsgzbwg@sohu.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Hybrid mechanism - baton keyboard
   (manual only) with electric action.
   Dedicated 15 Oct 2014.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2014
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014

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

Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by year of completion.
As a hybrid carillon, this is indexed as both traditional and non-traditional.
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all hybrid carillons in the world.

Index to all tower bell instruments in China.

   This page was built from the database on 23-Jan-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/01/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2019/01/12