MOSKVA - AM : RUSSIA

*Location:

   Andreevsky Monastery
   Andreevskaya naberezhnaya nr 3-e koltso
   (Andreevsky Embankment)
   Moskva (Moscow), Russia
   LL: N 55.71195, E 37.57528
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Zvon of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ZVON  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Perner      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013
*Links:

Article (with map) on the history of this monastery.

A long photo page with brief English commentary includes to pictures of the tower, in which some bells are visible.

Winter photo of the bell tower over the rooftops

8 photos of the monastery from Wikimedia Commons; 3 modern and 2 historical photos show the bell tower.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Perner 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 zvons.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Russia.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 19-Aug-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/08/09
*Photos:

(none available)


Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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