KOELN - K : GERMANY

*Location:

   Kunibertkirche
   (Basilica of St.Cunibert)
   Köln (Cologne)
     Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 50.94687, E 6.96233
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Clockstrike, Angelus (0700,1200,1900
   daily) and services

*Remarks:

   Includes a motor-swung peal of 10 by
   various founders, with 8 heaviest in
   west tower plus 2 in roofridge cupola
   over SW transept; 7 smallest plus 14
   stationary bells (presumably in tower)
   form an automatic chime.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized composite with actions described in Remarks above of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A  in the bass octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in 1990
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S10E21
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020
*Links:

This composite instrument having no principal founder in either of its parts, it is not indexed by founder.

This composite instrument having two overlapping chime-sized components, it is not indexed by weight, number or year.

Where the bass bell of this peal ranks among all great bells in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 26-Mar-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/03/21
*Photos:

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