*Location:

   Torre scaligera
   (Chiesa dei Santi Felice e Adauto)
   Via Sagrato Chiesa, near Via C.Cavour
   San Felice del Benaco, Brescia, Italy
   LL: N 45.58577, E 10.54734

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parrocchia di San Felice del Benaco
   T: 0365 62140

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Cavadini VR (5,1929) and
   Allanconi CR (5 trebles, 2005);
   added semitone is flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2005
     with bells made by Allanconi    (except for 5)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: V     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church says nothing about the tower which serves it, and is actually described in the Italian Wikipedia article about the town.  It constitutes part of the complex of the ruins of the castle built by the Scaligeri in 1330 and now used as a cemetery. 
Photo

A page about the architectural history of the church has no photo that shows the tower, though there is a brief paragraph describing it (but not the bells).

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 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  5-May-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/25