*Location:

   St.Josephskirche
   Hermannstraße at Johann-Link-Straße
   Bonn-Beuel,
     Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 50.73687, E 7.11746

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*Carillonist:

   Georg Wagner
   E: pietklok123@gmail.com
      carillon.glocken@gmail.com

   Andreas Strauß

*Contact:

   Kath.Pfarramt St.Joseph
   Hermannstraße 35
   D-53225 Bonn
   E: pfarrbuero-bonn-beuel@
        kath-beuel.de

*Schedule:

   1700 on 1st & 3rd Thursdays;
   autoplay daily 1100,1700

*Remarks:

   Cast by F.W.Schilling, except F1,A#1
   by Mabilon, Saarburg, 1960.
   Restored by Eijsbouts in 2010.
   Pedal C#1,D#1 keys mute, immovable.
   Autoplay via organ-style electro-
   pneumatic bellows in frame above
   console, 3.5 octaves,with new
   electronic controller added in 2020.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 62 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G D 52/(A )C G   
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1962
     with bells made by Schilling     (except for 2)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E42   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The DGV page about this carillon has photos of tower, bells and keyboard; the trebles have extremely thick profiles.

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

Ranking among all German traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/02/09