*Location:

   Altes Rathaus
   Rathausplatz
   Esslingen,
     Baden-Württemberg, Germany
   LL: N 48.74249, E 9.30771

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   Leonhard Hell
   T: (0711)35 12 27 05
  E: leonhard.hell@esslingen.de

   19??-99 Paul Schwob   (d.)
   1999-2020 Eckart Hirschmann   (d.)

*Contact:

   Kulturamt Esslingen
   Rathausplatz 3
   73728 Esslingen am Neckar
   T: (0711)35 12 26 44
   E: kulturamt@esslingen.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 0802,1203,1502,1802,
   1932; live concerts occasionally

*Remarks:

   Older bells by Kurtz; originally had
   drum, now perforated tapes; keyboard by
   Korfhage, Melle-Buer; action by
   Turmuhrenfabrik Phillip Hörz, Ulm
   Ancient hour and quarter-hour bells
   may be separate.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 29 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1972
     with 10 bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1927, the instrument was begun with 24 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (18 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C# in the treble octave
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

Photo of the building

A city page about the instrument gives its history and playing schedule.

An English-language article about the player has a photo that includes the keyboard.
The original German-language version may show more photos.

A page about the International Carillon Festival (in German) has a photo of the building.

A page about the bells has 2 photos.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by 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 tower bell instruments in Germany/Baden-Württemberg.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/03/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/03/08