*Location:

   Santuario del SS.Crocifisso
   Piazza XX Settembre
   Castel San Pietro Terme
   Bologna (Bologne), Bologna, Italy
   LL: N 44.39770, E 11.58951

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Comune di Castel San Pietro Terme
   Piazza Venti Settembre 3
   40024 Castel San Pietro Terme (BO)
   T: 051/6954154   F: 051/69454141
   E: comune.castelsanpietro@
        cert.provincia.bo.it

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Cesare Brighenti of Bologna;
   electro-pneumatic action by Guilio
   Gollini; total 55 bells, with two bells
   per note in middle range and three
   bells per note in treble range.  Four
   bells also ringable Bolognese style.
   Fixed bells in lower belfry; ringing
   bells in upper belfry, along with
   three smaller church bells cast by
   Clemente Brighenti in 1888.
   Keyboard moved from level below bells
   to ground floor in 1963.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 37 notes (55 bells)
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  4 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1934
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1929, the instrument was begun with 33 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W4    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

A local travel page (archived) describes (in Italian) the history of the campanile and bells, but does not picture it. 

A YouTube video (11:41) is primarily about ringing of the four bells in the Bolognese style; the carillon begins at about 10:15.

A YouTube video (17:15) starts with a single-note melody, then a lecture in Italian, interspersed with a photo of the keyboard at about 2:15; bells at 12:15 (in 3 to 5 levels); music resumes at 12:50 (melodies only), with exterior view showing that the lower belfry has internal shutters that open to make bells visible and audible; very rarely a single harmony note is included.

YouTube video (1:30)
Le campane di Castel San Pietro Terme [part 1] — A short tour of the tower and bells
YouTube video (1:30)
Le campane di Castel San Pietro Terme [part 2] — Apparently about a dynamical analysis of the tower

YouTube video (10:58) Recorded 17 Nov 2019, on the occasion of the annual gathering of Young Bell Ringers organized by the Bologna Bell Ringers Union. [All entirely rung on 4 bells, in a variety of ways; also good still photos]

The Italian Wikipedia article about the town says this:
  Feast of the Crucifix:  it is the most important religious festival of the castle community, second only to Easter and Christmas.  The festival, which has been held continuously since 1629 every fifth Sunday of Lent, is dedicated to the ancient image of the Crucifix venerated by the castellans since 1543.  On the day of the festival the community gathers in Piazza XX Settembre, overlooked by the eighteenth-century sanctuary of Crucifix.  Mass is celebrated, then the sacred image is taken from the sanctuary, where it is kept, and is carried in procession through the streets of the historic centre.  A group of 55 bells are installed on the bell tower overlooking the central square, which are operated remotely using a special keyboard.  It is an invention of a castellan, Giulio Gollini, created in 1930.  On the day of celebration, the traditional "Crucifix market" is also held in the streets of the city;

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Italy.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Apr-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/04/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/04/02