WW2 memorial of Prokhorovka tank battle

*Location (home base):

   (Mobile)
   Belgorod, Russia
   LL: N 50.600, E 36.583

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*Player:

   Timur Khaliullin

*Contact:

   City of Belgorod
   Information Music Center
   E: muzkarta@gmail.com
   - or -
   Belgorod State Philharmonic
   Belgorodskogo Polka, 56A
   Belgorod 308001
   E: belfilarm31@yandex.ru

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Baton keyboard with electric action;
   also reported as originally mechanical
   action.  In four sections; playable
   on truck or indoors.  Videos seem to
   show two different configurations of
   bell racks & console (23Y50:GG49/A#G)

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     G D 44/    A#G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2012
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

YouTube video (1:44) of the carillon with the Belgorod State Philharmonic in Great Hall, Oct. 16, 2013

YouTube video (18:52) of the carillon with the Belgorod State Philharmonic in Great Hall, June 28, 2019

YouTube video (2:56) of a performance while mounted on a truck; cellphone video, with lots of bystander commentary

Russian-language blog by Timur Khaliullin, with many postings about this transportable carillon, also many photos and videos; the small photos are clickable for larger versions.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Russia.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/06
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/08/22