MUENCHEN - D : GERMANY

*Location:

   Dom (Cathedral) /Frauenkirche
   Frauenplatz
   München (Munich), Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 48.13873, E 11.57313
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells of various dates (1490-2003) and
   founders (Perner the latest 3);
   3 in north tower, 7 in south tower.

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the bass octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was completed in 2012
     with bells made by multiple founders - see Remarks above  
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012
*Links:

The German Wikipedia article about these bells gives their history and weights.

This peal having no principal maker, it is not indexed by foundry.

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.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Bavaria.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Sep-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/08/22
*Photos:

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