*Location:
Uranienborg kirke (church) Holtegaten 16 Frogner district, Oslo, Norway LL: N 59.92110, E 10.71960
*Player:
Laura Marie Rueslåtten E: rueslaatten@gmail.com
*Contact:
Uranienborg Menighet Daas gt. 19 0259 Oslo T: 22 54 51 40 F: 22 43 75 14
*Schedule:
Monthly recital plus special occasions
*Remarks:
Keyboard "2000" (by Eijsbouts) and frame prepared for future addition of treble octave. Electro-pneumatic automatic system operates through playing keyboard. Tower also contains 3 swinging bells by J.J.Radler & Sons, Hildesheim, Germany, cast in 1884, as major triad on Eb; rehung below carillon playing cabin.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 37 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave Transposition is up 4 semitone(s) Keyboard range: A#C / A#C 25 There are two missing bass semitones The whole instrument was installed in 2004 with bells made by Olsen Year of latest technical information source is 2004
*Links:
Photos of tower, keyboard
WCF Website article on the carillons at Oslo Cathedral and Uranienborg Church, with photos
Photo of church (accompanying text in Norwegian)
Night photo taken from the park to the north of the church.
Two photos of the church
City tourist site, with map and photos available, English optional
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.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 11-Apr-10 based on textual data last updated on 2010/03/28 and on technical data last updated on 2006/04/12
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