HAVANA : CUBA

*Location:

   Our Lady of Lourdes Church
   La Habana (Havana), Cuba
   LL: N 23.2, W 82.4
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*Carillonist:

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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1958
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978
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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Cuba.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Cuba.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Dec-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16
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