*Location:

   Domkirke (Cathedral)
   Kirkebakken at Øvre veg
   Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
   LL: N 62.73807, E 7.15973

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*Carillonist:

   Erling With Aasgård
   - and -
   Leif Olav Sundsbø, Organist
   E: leif.olav.sundsboe@molde.kommune.no

*Contact:

   Domkirke
   Kirkebakken 2
   Molde, N-6413 Norway
   T: 71 11 14 70
   E: molde.domkirke@molde.kirken.no

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Originally reported as electric action.
   Pedal (but not manual key) present
   for missing bass semitone.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C C   
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1983
     with bells made by Olsen        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: IE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

Cathedral Website (in Norwegian)

Photos of building, bells, keyboard

The English Wikipedia article about the building has several photos of it, but does not mention the bells.  The corresponding Norwegian article mentions the bells, but only with electric action.

A page about the church has a gallery with several photos of it and the freestanding campanile.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Olsen Nauen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Norway.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Norway.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/03/28