*Location:

   Haus des Glockenspiels
   Böttcherstraße
   Bremen, Bremen, Germany
   LL: N 53.07487, E 8.80570

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*Contact:

   Böttcherstraße GmbH
   Böttcherstraße 4
   D-28195 Bremen
   T: 0421-33 88 20   F: 0421-33 88 299
   E: (Webform - www.boettcherstrasse.de)

*Schedule:

   Jan-Mar; autoplay at 1200, 1500, 1800;
   otherwise hourly 1200-1800

*Remarks:

   Porcelain glockenspiel by Meissen,
   hung in a triangular array between the
   gables of the Roselius-Haus and the
   Haus des Glockenspiels.
   Original (decorated in blue and gold)
   was destroyed in WW II.
   Latest replacement of controls was
   in 2009.
   Once wrongly reported as 40 bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 30 porcelain bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Some bells were replaced in 1992
     by Meissen     
   Prior history:
     In 1954, some bells were replaced
       with porcelain bells made by Meissen     
       (0 porcelain bells remain from that work.)
     In 1934, a complete instrument of 30 porcelain bells was installed
       by Meissen     
       (0 porcelain bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

A Waymarking page for these bells has 9 photos.

The German Wikipedia article about these bells gives a detailed history; the English equivalent presents only a brief summary.

Stock photo of the porcelain carillon

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meissen porcelain factory, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meissen porcelain factory, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meissen porcelain factory, in this region and in the world.

[Instruments with porcelain bells are not indexed by pitch (weight).]
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all glockenspiels in the world.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Bremen.

   This page was built from the database on  8-Sep-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/07/14