Europa Carillon

*Location:

   Roter Turm (Red Tower)
   Marktplatz
   Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
   LL: N 51.48288, E 11.96937

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*Carillonist:

   Maximilian Mets
   - and -
   David Drambyan

*Contact:

   Stadtmuseum Halle
   Große Märkerstraße 10
   06108 Halle (Salle)
   T: 0345 221-3030   F: 0345 221-3033
   E: stadtmuseum@halle.de

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters
   on 5 separate clock bells, 0800-2200.
   Concerts on Sundays and other occasions

*Remarks:

   Original bells, by VEB Glockengießerei
   Apolda [Schilling], were never
   installed; retuned & expanded by
   Metz Foundry, Karlsruhe.
   Some basses below cabin.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 76 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     F D 70/    A#G 27
   Transposition is down 5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1993
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 198_, the instrument was begun with 66 bells
       by Schilling   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The DGV page about this carillon has no photos.

The German Wikipedia article on this tower has current and historical photos and drawings.

The Website of the City Museum of Halle has a page about the tower, which has several photos but few details of the bells.

A former city page has photos of the tower and the bells; it also offers a downloadable PDF with a history of the tower and three paragraphs about the carillon.

A panoramic view of the city from the level of the four clock bells show that they are in the open octagonal belfry part way up the spire.

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

The bass bell, and possibly one or two more, should be indexed as great bells, but their weights are not yet known.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Saxony-Anhalt.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/10/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/02/09