Dronning Ingrids Klokkespil
     (Queen Ingrid's Carillon)

*Location:

   Sankt Gertruds kirke
   Torvet
   Grenå, Nordjyllands Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 56.41357, E 10.87570

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*Carillonist:

   Per Rasmus Møller
   Nørregade 4
   8550 Ryomgaard
   T: 8639 4048
   E: prm /@/ km DOTdk

*Contact:

   Grenaa kirkekontoret
   Storegade 6
   DK-8500 Grenaa
   T: 8632 1415
   E: grenaa.sogn@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Automatic at 9,12,15,18,20,22 daily,
   except hourly 9-20 in Jul,Aug,Dec;
   live concerts frequently.

*Remarks:

   North European standard keyboard by
   Eijsbouts; prepared for 49 bells (bass
   B flat + 6 more trebles)
   Tower also contains 3 swinging bells
   by Claus van Dam, Kobenhavn, 1648 - the
   oldest set of bells cast by a single
   founder in a single year, in any
   Danish church.

   
   F1,  ?cm, 1000kg, 2024,  ?
   G1,  ?cm,  665kg, 2008?, Paccard

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2024
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   Prior history:
     In 2013, the instrument was enlarged to 48 bells
       by Paccard         
       Pitch of heaviest bell was G  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C G   
       Transposition was up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 2010, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
       by Paccard         
       Keyboard range was:     C F#  /    C G   
     In 2008, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
       by Paccard         
       Keyboard range was:     C C#  /    C G   
     In 1995, the instrument was begun with 21 bells
       by Paccard         
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

The Website of the carillon (in Danish) seems to have been hijacked by a blog.  It had a photo of the keyboard (with keys for future trebles but without future bass pedal), a small drawing of the building, an aerial perspective photo of the building in its neighborhood, and a history of bells here.

A page about the church has an aerial view of it.

A Danish page about Christmas music has two photos of the bells; Control-click the first to see a larger version.

The parish Webpage (in Danish) has a small photo of St.Gertruds church in the upper left corner; unfortunately it is not clickable for a larger version.  (The clickable photo in the upper right corner shows a bell house, but it is not clear whether it is at St.Gertruds church or at St.Peters church.)

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Ranking among all Scandinavian traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all Scandinavian traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
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Index to all traditional carillons in DK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Mar-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/02/28