ZOGNO - C : ITALY - BG

*Location:

   Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire
   Via Umberto I
   Zogno, Bergamo, Italy
   LL: N 45.79402, E 9.66370
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Milanese system; originally 4 bells
   in 1834, expanded to 5, recast to 6 in
   1847, 2 added in 1868, all taken for
   war in WW II; replaced (poorly) in 1948
   and recast into present ring.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Installation was completed in 1972
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022
*Links:

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church has a section about the campanile, including the history of the bells.

A page about the architectural history of the church mentions the campanile but has no photo depicting it.  (See Google StreetView.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown 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.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 18-Apr-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/16
   and on technical data last updated on 1996/07/21
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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