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KOELN - DH : GERMANY-BRD

*Location:

   Deichmannhaus
   Köln (Cologne),
     Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 50.94, E 6.95
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*Remarks:

   Was part of the copper façade of a pub
   named "Alt-Köln" located in this
   building, but major restoration of the
   building about 2006 apparently led to
   its removal; disposition unknown.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1969
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nI    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

This site and its history are also described here.

The German Wikipedia article about the building mentions this former instrument. "Since 1971, the building has housed the "Alt-Köln" pub, run by the Gilden Kölsch brewery, with a carillon integrated into the copper façade."

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/02/02
*Photos:

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