Non-traditional carillons in Europe:
index by size

NOTE:   Great Britain and Ireland are separately indexed, as are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Scandinavia (Nordic countries and Danish dependencies).

The table below is an index to 47 European non-traditional carillons, in order by number of bells.  Instruments with the same number of bells are in order by the city name.

NOTE: Installations which originally had a traditional keyboard are marked "trad*".

    Location (City : Country)               Number

4 octaves or more - 6 instruments
FATIMA                        : PORTUGAL     60  trad*
KIEV - T                      : UKRAINE      56  hybrid
BELGOROD - mobile             : RUSSIA       51  hybrid
KIEV - B                      : UKRAINE      50  hybrid
BELGRADE                      : SERBIA       49
SAINT POELTEN                 : AUSTRIA      48
less than 4 octaves - 13 instruments
LUXEMBOURG                    : LUXEMBOURG   38
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/2       : RUSSIA       38  trad*
BAIA MARE                     : ROMANIA      37
KECSKEMÉT                     : HUNGARY      37
SISIKON                       : SWITZERLAND  37
GELGAUDISKIS                  : LITHUANIA    36
INNSBRUCK - STJ               : AUSTRIA      35
INNSBRUCK - Z                 : AUSTRIA      35
KEM - 1                       : RUSSIA       35  zvon
MOSKVA - DM                   : RUSSIA       35  zvon

PATRAI                        : GREECE       35
POVOA DE VARZIM               : PORTUGAL     35
SALZBURG                      : AUSTRIA      35
less than 3 octaves - 26 instruments
TARTU                         : ESTONIA      34
SAINT PETERSBURG - M          : RUSSIA       33  chimola
ZURICH - BK                   : SWITZERLAND  31
MOSKVA - ST/1                 : RUSSIA       30
KIEV - STS                    : UKRAINE      30
MOSKVA - ST/3                 : RUSSIA       29
KRTINY                        : CZECH REP.   27
INNSBRUCK - G                 : AUSTRIA      26
LICHEN STARY                  : POLAND       25
LIRIA                         : SPAIN        25

RIGA - R                      : LATVIA       25
SOFIA - KM                    : BULGARIA     25
BUDAPEST                      : HUNGARY      24
GMUNDEN                       : AUSTRIA      24  porcelain
GRAZ - GM                     : AUSTRIA      24
SEVILLE                       : SPAIN        24
SPREITENBACH-KILLWANGEN       : SWITZERLAND  24
SERGIEV POSAD                 : RUSSIA       24  zvon
FINHAUT                       : SWITZERLAND  23
KONDOPOGA - IP                : RUSSIA       23

MORGINS                       : SWITZERLAND  23
SAINT PETERSBURG - CI/1       : RUSSIA       23
SAKIAI                        : LITHUANIA    23
TELSIAI                       : LITHUANIA    23
ZURICH - ZA                   : SWITZERLAND  23
ZURICH - ZR                   : SWITZERLAND  23
number unknown - 2 instrument
GRAZ - MK                     : AUSTRIA      ??
RIGA - NC                     : LATVIA       ??  zvon


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