*Location:

   Chiesa dei Santi Biagio,  Fermo e Rustico
   Strada Provinciale 2
     at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele
   Bovolone, Verona, Italy
   LL: N 45.25825, E 11.12075

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parrochia di Bovolone
   Via Carlo Alberto, 2
   37051 Bovolone (VR)
   T: 045 710 0063   F: 045 690 2232
   E: segreteria@parrocchiabovolone.it

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Basses by Ruffini VR (1787), Cavadini
   VR (1868,1887,1884,1893); completed
   with 5 trebles by Capanni RE

*Technical data:

   Veronese ring of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in 1991
     with bells made by multiple makers
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The parish page about the church mentions the bells, though it says the last four were added in 1994; it also has a poem inspired by the bells.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church mentions the ten bells, which have been recast many times.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the city mentions that its coat of arms is found on the "Grossa" bell, but does not tell where that is; it also mentions more than one bell tower, but does not identify any of their contents.
  "The coat of arms is present on the "Grossa" bell, cast in 1877: a meadow crossed by a river (the Menago) with an oak running along the two banks, the representation adopted by the "Magnifica Comunità di Bovolone" in the mid-eighteenth century."
  "The bell weighs 14.5 quintals and is in the tone of C."

This work having no principal maker, it is not indexed by foundry.

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.

   This page was built from the database on 26-Apr-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/23