*Location:

   Alter Rathausturm
   Am Marktplatz
   Hanau, Hessen, Germany
   LL: N 50.13331, E 8.91704

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*Contact:

   Stadt Hanau
   Am Markt 14-18
   D-63450 Hanau
   T: 06181 2950
   E: info@hanau.de
   - or -
   Magistrat Hanau
   Postfach 1852
   D-63408 Hanau

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 10,12,16,18

*Remarks:

   Original bells, by Jacob Michael of
   Darmstadt, destroyed in WW II;
   new bells installed NLT 1978.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1755, a complete instrument of 18 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

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

The German Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it (more are in the linked Wikimedia Commons category) and a section about the glockenspiel.  It does not report the present number, nor when they were installed [which must have been NLT 1978], but it does tell what melodies are played.

The city page about the building gives more details of the former bells but not of the present bells.

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 stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons 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 tower bell instruments in Germany/Hessen.

   This page was built from the database on 11-Sep-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/08/29