*Location:

   Petropavlovskaya Krepost
   (Peter & Paul Tower; new lower belfry)
   St.Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
   LL: N 59.95010, E 30.31588

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*Carillonist:

   Marina Nevskaya

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays at 5pm

*Remarks:

   Located at level of upper windows,
   which now open for sound egress - below
   the zvon (PK/1) in the main belfry
   and the remains of the old carillon
   (PK/2) in the lantern.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     G D 44/    A#G   
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2001
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

The Wikimedia Commons category for this instrument has several photos of the bells (though one photo does not belong there).

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Russia.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Russia.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/10/28