*Location:

   Santuario di Maria Ausiliatrice
   (Basilica of Mary Help of Christians)
   Via Maria Ausiliatrice at Piazza M.Aus.
   Valdocco,
     Torino (Turin), Piemonte, Italy
   LL: N 45.08098, E 7.67603

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Santuario di Maria Ausiliatrice
   Via Maria Ausiliatrice 32
   10152 Torino
   T: 011 52 241
   - or -
   Don Maurizio Palazzo,
     Anaimazione Musicale
   E: maurizio.palazzo /@/ 31gennaio DOTnet

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Five largest bells by Barigozzi, 1992,
   swinging in openings of east tower;
   three smallest by Trebino, 1980s, hung
   fixed inside same tower.
   2024: restoration of towers will add 4
   bells and redistribute between both
   towers.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 198x
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The Website of the basilica has a rotating series of large photos on the home page, one of which is a fisheye view from a nearby plaza; in it, the bell tower is clearly visible.  Another view of the tower can be found on the Contatti (Contacts) page.
A virtual tour page offers several videos, all with Italian narration and closed captioning.

The Italian Wikipedia article about the building says nothing about bells.

A YouTube video (2:09) presents ringing of the five large bells for a Pre-holiday Holy Mass.

A news announcement about the beginning of restoration work on the two bell towers also indicates that "the concert of bells that from the current “No. 8” will become “No. 12” and distributed on both bell towers and no longer on only one as in the current situation."  A gallery of 5 photos includes one that shows bells presently in the right-hand tower (as viewed from the street in front), with swingers in the openings.

This work having a mixture of founders, it is not indexed as such.

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 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/24