*Location:

   Sct.Budolfi Domkirke
   (St.Botolph Cathedral)
   Algade at Budolfi Plads
   Aalborg (Ålborg),
     Nordjyllands Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 57.04795, E 9.91906

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*Carillonist:

   Jørgen Ellekilde
   E: jorgenellekilde@gmail.com

   Niels Aage Bundgaard
    Erling A. Thomsen

*Contact:

   Budolfi Kirkekontoret
   Adelgade 10
   DK-9000 Aalborg
   T: 98 12 46 70
   E: 8634@sogn.dk, okbr@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Automatic play on the hour, 0900-2200

*Remarks:

   Original bells by de Smithske, Aalborg;
   removed in 1968.  New installation
   by Jermin Larsen.  Bass bell swings.
   Restoration by P&F in 2008.
   Also 3 service bells and a storm
   tocsin, from 1600s.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C --  
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1970
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1934, the instrument was begun with 18 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A  in the middle octave
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E36I  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1977

The Cathedral Website has a description of the building in English.

A waymarking page has photos of the tower and belfry.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the De Smithske bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in DK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/10