ARZIGNANO : ITALY - VI

*Location:

   Duomo di Ognissanti
   Corso Giuseppe Mazzini
     at Via Camillo Cavour
   Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy
   LL: N 45.52036, E 11.33368
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parrocchia Ognissanti
   Via Cavour, 2
   36071 Arzignano (VI)
   T: 0444-670029   F: 0444-456920
   E: ognissanti/@/parrocchia.vicenza.it

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones flat 7th, flat 9th;
   De Poli recast #7 in 1924, #8-10 in 1999

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C A   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2008
     with  4 bells made by De Poli      
   Prior history:
     In 1999,  4 bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by De Poli     
       (4 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     ROPE  /    NONE  
     In 1909, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by Cavadini    
       (7 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: V     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022
*Links:

The parish Website (in Italian) has a drawing of the church and tower.  A guide to the church has a paragraph about the tower and the bells.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the building is little more than a stub, and has no photos (as of April 2022).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Cavadini bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the De Poli bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the De Poli bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Italian chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Italian chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Italian chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Italy.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/24
*Photos:

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