SUNPU : JAPAN

*Location:

   Sunpu Castle Park
   Sunpujyokouen, Aoi-Ku, Shizuoka, Japan
   LL: N 34.97897, E 138.38341
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer pages for places in Shizuoka province (town not found)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness: 95 %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

The Website of the park is in English and Japanese.

The English Wikipedia article about the castle recounts its history.

Photo

Scenery of Sunpu Castle Park

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Japan.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/24
*Photos:

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