*Location:

   Kirke
   Stockfleths gate at Kirkegata
   Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
   LL: N 59.13289, E 10.22198

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*Carillonist:

   Svein Rustad, Organist
   E: svein.rustad /@/ misk DOTno
   - and -
   Arnfinn Nedland
   E: info /@/ cembalo DOTno

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Schilling/Apolda, hung in
   lower belfry; also two swinging bells by
   Olsen Nauen (1902 & 1903) hung in
   upper belfry.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2016
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1931, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Sergeys     
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C --  
       Transposition was up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: IE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sergeys 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.

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Index to all traditional carillons in Norway.

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   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/08/05