GNIEZNO : POLAND

*Location:

   Trinity RC Church
   u. Farna
   Gnieźno, Wielkopolskie, Poland
   LL: N 52.53491, E 17.59504
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

The Polish Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it, and the associated Wikimedia Commons category has more photos.  It also mentions the clock and the exterior chime, but gives no details.  There is at least one small bell in the lower level of the cupola, and there could be others within the tower itself.

Two stock photos

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Poland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/24
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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