*Location:

   Ehrenhain (Memorial Grove)
   Alte Friedhof
   Heinrich-Mann-Allee at Friedhofsgasse
   Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
   LL: N 52.38701, E 13.07396

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*Carillonist:

   (None)

*Contact:

   Friedhofsverwaltung Alter Friedhof
   T: 331 289-4701   F: 331 289-4706
   E: friedhofe/@/ rathaus.potsdam DOTde
   - or -
   Herr Butzmann,
     Bereichsleiter FriedhÖfe
   T: 331 289-7400
   E: gunther.butzmann/@/
        rathaus.potsdam DOTde

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Schilling, cast at VEB
   Dieselmotorenwerke Rostock in Waren;
   about 75% copper, with aluminum, iron,
   carbon, manganese, silicon & zinc.
   (Tin was unavailable at the time.)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is up 36 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     with bells made by Schilling   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    4 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   7 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

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Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Brandenburg.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/07/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/07/26

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