*Location:

   Schützenglockenspiel
   Vogthaus Neuss
   Müunsterplatz
   Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 51.19906, E 6.69188

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*Contact:

   VerkehrsVerein Neuss
   Oberstraße 7-9
   D-41460 Neuss
   T: 02131/908300   F: 02131/277389
   E: info/@/verkehrsverein-neuss.de
   - or -
   Stadtverwaltung Neuss
   Markt 2
   D-41460 Neuss
   T: 02131/9001   F: 02131/902488
   E: stadtverwaltung/@/stadt.neuss.de

*Schedule:

   Daily at 11,15,17

*Remarks:

   Built by Korfhäge & Söhne;
   restored in 2016.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 24 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 1975
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

A city page about the glockenspiel (in German) has a video (1:00) and a downloadable flyer about its history and meaning.

Video (6:52) of the glockenspiel in action

A city cultural page has a photo of the glockenspiel in action, but no text about it.

Stock photo of the building

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, 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/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Oct-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/09/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/09/15