Kong Frederik IX's Klokkespil

*Location:

   Klokkespilsparken
   Sølstedgaardvej
   Løgumkloster,
     Sønderjyllands Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 55.05609, E 8.95417

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*Carillonist:

   (position vacant since 2019)

   1973-78 Peter Møller
   1978-79 Jane Østergaard Lauridsen
   1979-2004 Peter Langberg   (H)
   2004-19 Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

*Contact:

   Scandinavian Carillon School
   Markedspladsen 7
   DK-6240 Løgumkloster
   T: 74 74 40 70   F: 74 74 53 11
   E: scs@km.dk,   akc@km.dk
   - or -
   Nordisk Samfund for Campanalogi
     og Klokkespil (NSCK)
   Vestergade 9
   DK-6240 Løgumkloster
   - or -
   Peter Langberg
   E: peterlangberg45@gmail.com
   - or -
   Per Rasmus Møller
   E: prm@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Autoplay only, 6 times daily; awaiting
   restoration of carillon and tower.

*Remarks:

   Installation by Jermin Larsen;
   maintenance by Olsen-Nauen of Norway.
   Tower is used by the Scandinavian
   Carillon School, a department of
   Løgumkloster Kirkemusikskole
   (Church Music School).
   2021: Expansion to 63 is planned within
   the next year

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 48/    A#G   
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1973
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 17 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   22 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  25 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

A Waymarking page has three photos of the structure, and a long description in both German and English.

Where 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 2022/01/29
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13