TASJO : SWEDEN

*Location:

   Kyrka (church)
   Tåsjö, Jämtlands Län, Sweden
   LL: N 64.226, E 15.899

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Tåsjö Forsamling
   T: 0671-200 13
   E: tasjo.forsamling /@/ svenskakyrken.se

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Connected to first manual of organ;
   first Swedish chime to be so playable.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     F D   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2002
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

Swedish Church page with photo of building;  the related History page (also in Swedish) describes the organ and carillon.

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 chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all European chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Sweden.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 12-Jun-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/06/11

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