*Location:

   Porzelein-Fabrik/Schauhalle
   Meissen, Sachsen
     (was Dresden), Germany

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*Remarks:

   Was installed in an 11-meter tower
   at the workshop, to celebrate 250 years
   of Meissen porcelain.  Tower and bells
   were removed during construction in
   1970s and not replaced, though that was
   considered in 1985 for 275th year.
   Also reported as 42 bells.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 40 porcelain bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with porcelain bells made by Meissen          porcelain 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of THE Meissen factory.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/08/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07