VANTAA : FINLAND

*Location:

   Tikkurila Church
   Asematie
   Tikkurila, Vantaa, Finland
   LL: N 60.2932, E 25.0398
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*Carillonist:

   Supavit Nummelin

*Contact:

   Tikkurilan kirkko
   Asematie 12a
   Vantaa

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon cast in Vienna in 1969
   for the previous building.
   4-octave keyboard with reversed colors
   (white above black); addition of up
   to 7 basses is planned.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 31 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range: (A) G C   /    G D   
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2020
     with bells made by Eijsbouts     (except for 1)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021
*Links:

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

Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Finland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/09/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/12/02
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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