LEGNICA : POLAND

*Location:

   SS.Peter and Paul Cathedral
   Legnica, Poland
   LL: N 51.21, E 16.16

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

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*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original bells, now lost, were equipped
   with drum by Korfhage of Germany,
   which is now at the Tower Clock Museum
   in Gdansk.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2003
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1920, a complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by an unknown maker
       ( 0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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.

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 20-May-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/05/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/05/15

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