Probably not played here except as
a demonstration.
*Remarks:
Cast by De Poli; hung in Ligurian
system; tenor also swings. Mobile.
Museum contains only tower clocks,
but many old bells are outdoors,
some on display and others in a
bell graveyard.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 12 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is A in the middle octave
Keyboard range: C E / NONE
Transposition is up 9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A
There are no added semitones
The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
The whole instrument was installed in 2017
with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
Auxiliary mechanisms: W1
Tower details:
Height of console: 0 meters above ground
Height of lowest level of bells: 2 meters above ground
Height of highest level of bells: 2 meters above ground
Belfry openness: 99%
Year of latest technical information source is 2023
*Links:
Video (2:51)
of a tour of the Trebino factory
Partial translation:
An external tour [very rushed] of the "Roberto Trebino" company
in Uscio (GE), during a visit to the factory on November 19, 2022.
In the video we observe the large bell displayed in front of one of the workshops,
cracked and unplayable; we then move on to the broken bells displayed on the upper floors
near which we find the mobile carillon of 12 Ligurian system bells, bass La3.
We then find three bells in A3 mounted in different systems:
slant, mezzoslancio and ambrosian and finally the two bells displayed in front
of the museum tuned in C4 and F4.
The bells of the Carillon were cast by De Poli in 2017, the three bells mounted
in different systems were cast by Lorenzo Lera in 1954, Luigi Boero in 1887
and Pietro Sini in 1781.
The larger of the two bells located in front of the museum was cast
by the Vallino brothers in 1895 while the smaller one is by Angelo Bianchi
and dates back to 1900.
Using Google StreetView from the site locator map (see above), one can see the following:
The mobile chime stands on a porch near the top of the Salita Cannoni;
nearby, on that porch and on both sides of the Salita Cannoni, are assorted other bells,
some on the ground and others hung for swinging.
Overhanging the Via Geppi, from a balcony railing, is a clock and a small Trebino sign.
Across the Via Geppi is a yard full of old bells, dead motors and loudspeakers,
and old steel clockface frames; also a building with a small Museum sign,
next to a large swinging bell.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the De Poli bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.