*Location:

   Sct.Jacobi Kirke
   Kirkepladsen
   Varde, Ribe Amt, Denmark
   LL: N 55.62022, E 8.47953

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*Carillonist:

   Christian Blom Hansen, Organist
   T: 75 21 08 34
   E: organist@varde-kirke.dk
      blom.nielsen/@/mail.tele DOTdk

   Ingeborgh Krogh

*Contact:

   Kirkekontoret
   Kirkepladsen 4
   DK-6800 Varde
   T: 75 22 15 72
   E: vj@km.dk

*Schedule:

   Automatic play daily at 8,12...18,22

*Remarks:

   Installation by Jermin Larsen.

   c2, 75cm, 253kg, 1963, P&F

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1963
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  E %
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

The home page of the church Website has a photo of the building, and there is a page about the carillon.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Scandinavian traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all Scandinavian traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Scandinavian 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 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/05
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20