LINKOPING : SWEDEN

*Location:

   Sct.Lars Kyrka
   St.Larsgatan at Storgatan
   Linköping, Östergötlands Län, Sweden
   LL: N 58.41142, E 15.62456
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*Carillonist:

   Arne Lindgren
*Past Carillonneurs:
   Nils Ankarstrand

*Contact:

   Linkopings S:t Lars församling
   Badhusgatan 6 B
   582 22 Linköping
   T: 013-20 50 30   F: 013-20 50 31
   E: stlars@svenskakyrkanlinkoping.se

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 9,12,15,18,21;
   melodies change with church year.
   Hour and half-hour strikes on middle
   church bell.

*Remarks:

   Also three church bells in lower belfry
*Bourdon:
   c2, ??cm, 285kg, 1972, Bergholtz

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1972
     with bells made by Bergholtz        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973
*Links:

The Swedish wikipedia article about the building has photos of it and a section about the bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Sweden.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/06
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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