*Location:

   Chiesa di Maria Regina della Pace
   Corso Giulio Cesare, between
     Via Sesia and Via Malone
   Torino (Turin), Piemonte, Italy
   LL: N 45.08969, E 7.69290

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parrocchia di Maria Regina della Pace
   Via Malone 19
   10154 Torino (TO)
   T: 011 248 2816
   E: parr.reginapace@diocesi.to.it

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Cast by Ottolina, Seregno;
   recast by Crespi, Crema.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   20 bells were recast or replaced in 1952
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1912, a complete instrument of 20 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021

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 history which mentions the original installation of these bells and describes the tower, but the tower does not appear in the only photograph of the building.

A page about the architectural history of the church has one photo that shows the belfry, and a paragraph about the construction of the tower and installation of 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 miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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 18-Apr-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/09/30