*Location:

   Klocktornet Kampanilen
   (Jaernhardte Stift, or Rådhuset)
   Kompanigåtan
   Malmö, Malmöhus Län, Sweden
   LL: N 55.60623, E 13.11233

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*Carillonist:

   (none)

   Henk De Koster

*Contact:

   Malmö stad
   205 80  Malmö
   T: 040-34 10 00
   E: malmostad/@/malmo.se

*Schedule:

   Autoplay at 1200 Saturday, one of 4
   new melodies in rotation

*Remarks:

   Donated by foundation of Agda and
   Herman Järhardt; restored in 2021 after
   many years of silence.

   g1, ??cm, 640kg, 1970, P&F

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle 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 1971
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  9 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   14 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  18 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  90%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

The city Website has a page about the bell tower, with a photo of it.  The campanile is freestanding behind the old town hall and district court.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/07