*Location:

   Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
   Concert Hall
   ul.Pisareva
   St.Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
   LL: N 59.92525, E 30.28651

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   The Mariinsky Theatre
   1 Theatre Square
   St.Petersburg
   T: 812 326 41 41
   E: post@mariinsky.ru

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Hemispherical bells by Grassmayr
   (largest 400kg), in mobile racks;
   played by mallets

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 33 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E C   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2017
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2017

Video (1:29, Jan.2017) of

The English version of the Theatre Website is extensive.

The English Wikipedia article about the orchestre recounts its history.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Grassmayr 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 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/27