*Location:

   Sct.Mortens Kirke
   Vester Kirkestræde
   Randers, Århus Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 56.45989, E 10.03459

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*Carillonist:

   Christian Præestholm

*Contact:

   Sct.Mortens sogns Kirkekontor
   Brandstrup
   Søren Møllersgade 1
   DK-8900 Randers
   T: 86 42 29 21
   E: libr@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Autoplay every 2nd hour, 8am - 8pm

*Remarks:

   Installation by Claus Nissen, "Kevest";
   celebrated 500th anniversary of the
   church.
   Practice keyboard by Reinold van Zijl
   (Netherlands).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range: (G) C C   /    C G   
   Transposition is up 10 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1994
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

The parish Website has a small photo of the building.  A better photo is in a downloadable PDF, which also contains information about the carillon and a photo of the cupola with bells.

A Waymarking page has photos of the tower and belfry.

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 2015/08/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/18