*Location:

   Chiesa di S.Maria e Giovanni Battista
   Via Roma (SP21) at Via Dante Alighieri
   Oppeano, Verona, Italy
   LL: N 45.30646, E 11.18312

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parrocchia S.Giovanni Battista
   Piazza Don Guerrino Patuzzo, 5
   37050 Oppeano (VR)
   T: 045 713 5014
   E: parrocchiaoppeano@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Selegari VR (6,1830, cast on
   site) and Allanconi CR (3,2017)

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2017
     with bells made by Allanconi    (except for 6)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: V     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The parish Website has a drawing of the church and tower, and contact information, as well as a page about the ringers.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church has a photo of the tower, but says almost nothing about it.

A page about the architectural history of the church has one photo that shows the tower, and a paragraph describing it (but not the bells).

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 the Allanconi 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 2022/03/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/24