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 131 existing European chimes, in order by the pitch of the bourdon (heaviest bell of the main keyboard range). Instruments with the same bourdon pitch are in descending order by number of bells, then by missing semitones, then by country. The key to the four column headings is at the end of the table, along with some other notes.
Location (City : Country) Note Chr Nr Transp
ROSTOV VELIKII : RUSSIA C - 15 - KEM - 2 : RUSSIA F * 22 - MONTSERRAT : SPAIN F * 12 - peal ECHTERNACH - 2 : LUXEMBOURG F - 9 - FRIBOURG : SWITZERLAND G - 13 - VALLETTA : MALTA G - 11 - SOLOTHURN : SWITZERLAND G# - 11 - WIEN - STS : AUSTRIA G# - 11 - BERN - M : SWITZERLAND G# +* 9 - CHIASSO : SWITZERLAND G# I 9 - BULLE : SWITZERLAND A# I 10 - MORBIO INFERIORE : SWITZERLAND A# * 10 - GRUYERES : SWITZERLAND A# - 8 - INNSBRUCK - D/2 : AUSTRIA A# +- 8 -
WIEN - BF : AUSTRIA C# - 19 - FLANTHEY : SWITZERLAND C# +H 9 0 ALMERIA : SPAIN C# * 8 - LEGNICA : POLAND D# X 18 3 VALENCIA : SPAIN D# - 14 - SLIEMA : MALTA F K 15 5 MOUNT ATHOS - V : GREECE F - 12 - zvon MADRID - SF/2 : SPAIN F - 11 - GHAJNSIELEM : MALTA F H 8 - SALVAN : SWITZERLAND F I 8 - SEMBRANCHER : SWITZERLAND F# I 11 - CHAMPÉRY : SWITZERLAND F# H 8 - MADRID - SF/1 : SPAIN G# H 8 -
LINZ - F : AUSTRIA C - 20 0 BUEMPLIZ : SWITZERLAND C Z 18 12 ETOY : SWITZERLAND C K 16 12 FROIDEVILLE : SWITZERLAND C L 16 12 STEINHAUSEN : SWITZERLAND C - 13 - BAD RAGAZ : SWITZERLAND C - 12 - CHUR : SWITZERLAND C - 12 - VILLARREAL - 1 : SPAIN C - 12 - RUESCHLIKON : SWITZERLAND C H 12 12 GRUENAU-HOFSTETTEN : AUSTRIA C - 11 - RUETTENEN : SWITZERLAND D L 15 - LE LOCLE : SWITZERLAND D# H 18 - AARAU : SWITZERLAND D# I 11 15 ZUORT : SWITZERLAND D - 15 12 WILLISAU : SWITZERLAND E K 15 12 WIEN - STJ : AUSTRIA F - 15 - WIKON : SWITZERLAND G J 18 12 GENEVA - G : SWITZERLAND G Z 16 12 LUCERNE (LUZERN) : SWITZERLAND G - 12 - SUMISWALD : SWITZERLAND G - 12 - BARCELONA - NS : SPAIN A J 12 - ZD'AR NAD SAZAVOU : CZECH REP. B - 9 -
DISENTIS/MUSTÉR : SWITZERLAND C - 20 - DAVOS : SWITZERLAND C - 18 - OERLIKON : SWITZERLAND C - 18 - POZNAN : POLAND C - 18 - SORENGO : SWITZERLAND C - 18 - VADUZ : LIECHTENST. C - 18 - TAMINS : SWITZERLAND C - 14 - SCHARANS : SWITZERLAND C - 12 - STIERVA : SWITZERLAND C H 9 24 WASSERBILLIG : LUXEMBOURG E - 18 - BUELACH : SWITZERLAND F H 8 -
BRODEK U PREROVA : CZECH REP. - - 22 - KOSICE : SLOVAK REP. - - 22 - LANGENLOIS : AUSTRIA - - 22 - MOSKVA - IV : RUSSIA - - 21 - KIEV - STT/2 : UKRAINE - - 20 - zvon GOZO : MALTA - - 19 - LINZ - K : AUSTRIA - - 19 - HEVIZ : HUNGARY - - 18 - KONDOPOGA - P : RUSSIA - - 18 - KUBINKA - C : RUSSIA - - 18 - zvon/great MADRID - PB : SPAIN - - 18 - MURCIA : SPAIN - - 18 - PORTO - FN : PORTUGAL - - 18 - PRAHA - V : CZECH REP. - - 18 - SAINT PETERSBURG - CI/2 : RUSSIA - - 18 - TALDOM : RUSSIA - - 18 - YAROSLAVL - 1 : RUSSIA - - 18 - ZURICH - PP : SWITZERLAND - - 18 - KIEV - PL : UKRAINE - - 17 - zvon NOVY JICIN : CZECH REP. - - 17 - PRAHA - STT : CZECH REP. - - 17 - YAROSLAVL - 2 : RUSSIA - - 17 - GDANSK - B : POLAND - - 16 - MAGDEN : SWITZERLAND - - 16 - TIRANA : ALBANIA - - 16 - BRAGA : PORTUGAL - - 15 - BRNO : CZECH REP. - - 15 - KIEV - HC : UKRAINE - - 15 - MOSKVA - AN : RUSSIA - - 15 - zvon WARSAW (WARSZAWA) : POLAND - - 15 - KOSTROMA : RUSSIA - - 14 - zvon SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA : SPAIN - - 14 - SUZDAL : RUSSIA - - 14 - zvon LEON : SPAIN - - 13 - TYUMEN : RUSSIA - - 13 - UHERSKE BROD : CZECH REP. - - 13 - BELAYA GORA : RUSSIA - - 12 - zvon BRATISLAVA : SLOVAK REP. - - 12 - CIUDAD REAL : SPAIN - - 12 - GRAZ - MS : AUSTRIA - - 12 - MOSKVA - ST/2 : RUSSIA - - 12 - RHEINFELDEN : SWITZERLAND - - 12 - SOFIA - AN : BULGARIA - - 12 - zvon/great TARRAGONA : SPAIN - * 12 - USTER : SWITZERLAND - - 12 - UNKNOWN : CROATIA - - 12 - VORONEZH : RUSSIA - - 12 - zvon ZHYROVICHY : BELARUS - - 12 - zvon CZESTOCHOWA - U : POLAND - - 11 - GUBKIN : RUSSIA - - 11 - PAMPLONA : SPAIN - - 11 - TALLINN : ESTONIA - - 11 - AVILA : SPAIN - - 10 - KRANJ : SLOVENIA - - 10 - LODENICE : CZECH REP. - - 10 - zvon MOSKVA - AM : RUSSIA - - 10 - MOSKVA - JV : RUSSIA - - 10 - zvon MOUNT ATHOS - STP : GREECE - - 10 - zvon/great GNIEZNO : POLAND - - 9 - KRAKOW - B : POLAND - - 9 - KRAKOW - W : POLAND - - 9 - chime/great(2) SIAULIAI - SM : LITHUANIA - - 9 - TOLEDO : SPAIN - - 9 - TROINE-ROUTE : LUXEMBOURG - - 9 - TVER : RUSSIA - - 9 - zvon BIRGU : MALTA - - 8 - GENEVA - STP/1 : SWITZERLAND - +* 8 - SUPRAŚL : POLAND - - 8 - NOVGOROD : RUSSIA - - ?? - zvon SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/1 : RUSSIA - - ?? - ZVENIGOROD : RUSSIA - - ?? - zvon/great
Key to column headings:
Notes:
The table is sorted first on the pitch of the bass bell, then on the number of bells, then on the chromatics indicator, then on city. The actual weight of the bass bell is not used.
The weight range indicators for each octave are only gross approximations, and should not be taken to represent any specific bell.
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