*Location:

   Roofridge cupola
   Evangelische Stadtkirche
   Oberepfarrgasse 22, at Braunstr.
   Michelstadt, Hessen, Germany
   LL: N 49.67870, E 9.00459

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 0730,1130,1530,1930

*Remarks:

   Original bells confiscated in WW II.
   Electric keyboard near organ.
   Also 4 church bells in tower.
   Also reported (incorrectly) as being
   in the adjacent Altes Rathaus.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 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 1958
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1913, a complete instrument of 28 bells was installed
       by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: I     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

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

The German Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of the western facade in which some of the bells in the roofridge cupola can be seen.

A page about the bells

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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 15-Jul-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/07/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/07/14