*Location:

   Chiesa San Fortunato della Collina
   Via delle Scalette, off SS317
   San Fortunato della Collina,
     Perugia, Italy
   LL: N 43.05391, E 12.38722

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page (for San Martino in Colle, 2 km SW)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Five largest cast by Capanni, 1964-68,
   hung in Ambrosian system (four in
   tower openings, one above); three
   smallest cast by ECAT, 2003, replacing
   three old ones and hung dead.
   Restored in 2023.

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2003
     with bells made by multiple makers (see Remarks above)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

Video (25:28) of the bells

The Italian Wikipedia article about the town is barely more than a stub, and has no photos, but does mention the church.

This instrument is not indexed by foundry, as neither of its parts has 8 bells.

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  9-Oct-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/10/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/10/07