LAATZEN : GERMANY-BRD

*Location:

   Façade
   Neues Rathaus
   Marktplatz
   Laatzen, Niedersachsen, Germany
   LL: N 52.30805, E 9.81346
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*Contact:

   Stadt Laatzen
   Marktplatz 13
   D-30880  Laatzen
   T: 0511 8205-1000   F: 0511 8205-1096
   E: rathaus/@/laatzen DOTde

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

The city Website has contact information but says nothing about these bells.

In a photo of the building, most of the bells can be seen behind a treetop near the center of the building.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Lower Saxony.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-May-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/05/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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