OSLO - EK : NORWAY

*Location:

   Ellingsrud kirke
   Dragonstien at Pionerstien
   Ellingsrud,
     Oslo, Norway
   LL: N 59.93687, E 10.91644
Site locator map
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Local map, with both overview and detail

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Ellingsrud kirke
   Dragopnstien 18
   1062 Oslo

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Two largest bells also swing.
*Bourdon:
   g3, 540mm, 95kg, 1981, Olsen

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1981
     with bells made by Olsen            
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S2    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    8 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  11 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  50%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

The Norwegian Wikipedia article about the building has a paragraph about the bells, and its photo of the church also shows the tower.

A better photo can be found here.

An information page about the church has a tiny photo of it in the upper left corner.

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

Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Scandinavian chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Norway.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/08
*Photos:

(none available)

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