Drum chime

*Location:

   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   (Danish Bell Museum)
   Over Lerte Kirke
   Farrisvej 12
   Sommersted, Sønderjyllands Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 55.384, E 9.274

   1991?-98:
     Dansk Klokkemuseum
     Haderslev, Sonderjyllands Amt
   1???-1991?:
     Domkirke
     Odense

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*Contact:

   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   Over Lerte Kirke
   Farrisvej 12
   DK-6560 Sommersted
   T: 7542 3873  or  7455 1830
   E: mbwind@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by K.T.A.Sørensen, Brønderslev

*Technical data:

   Mechanical-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1935
     with bells made as cited in Remarks above in unknown year
   Auxiliary mechanisms: B     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

The museum Website (in Dansk, Deutsch, English) has a photo of this drum and at least some of the bells of the chime.

A photo album page shows many aspects of the museum; see also the following album page.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sørensen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/14