GODTHAAB : GREENLAND

*Location:

   Hans Egedes Kirke
   Godthåb (Godthaab, Nuuk),
     Grønland (Greenland)
   LL: N 64.01, W 51.44
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Nuuk Tourism
   Hans Egedesvej 29
   3900 Nuuk
   T: 32 27 00

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Installation by Jermin Larsen

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1975
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006
*Links:

A stock photo of the church as seen from the center of Nuuk.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK and its dependencies.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  6-Dec-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13
*Photos:

(none available)


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