*Location:

   Chiesa di Santa Maria e San Vitale
   Piazza Marconi Guglielmo
   Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy
   LL: N 45.50540, E 11.40856

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by De Poli

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1956
     with bells made by De Poli     
   Prior history:
     In 1955, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       with bells made by De Poli     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: V     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church has a photo of it plus a paragraph about the campanile and bells.

Where the initial 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.

   This page was built from the database on  4-May-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/24