WASSERBILLIG : LUXEMBOURG

*Location:

   St.Martin's Church
   Grand rue; Hwy.10 at Rue St.Martin
   Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
   LL: N 49.71460, E 6.50128
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Unknown which tower holds these bells.
   Action and controls replaced in 2003
   by Philipp Hörz of Ulm; old roller bars
   remain on belfry walls.  Also three
   church bells, maybe in the other tower.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1969
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1952, the instrument was begun with 13 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

A Waymarking page for these bells has 3 photos.

The Luxembourger Wikipedia article about the church has a section about these bells, including a photo of the bellframe, plus a section about the three church bells, with a photo of one.

The German Wikipedia article about the church has a photo of it.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all European chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Luxembourg.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/10/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/05
*Photos:

(none available)

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