*Location:

   Rådhuset (City Hall Tower)
   Fiskartorget
   Västerås, Vastmanlands Län, Sweden
   LL: N 59.6085, E 16.5470

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Åke W. Eriksson

   1960-88 Hugo Melin, Cathedral Organist

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Concerts Wednesday noon in summer.
   Automatic play on the hour, 0700-2100

*Remarks:

   All 47 bells have names.

   c1, ??cm, 2410kg, 1960, Eijsbouts

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   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 1960
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

A Swedish Wikipedia article about the City Hall has sections on the carillon and two clickable photos of the tower.

Traveler's photos of the building, with different perspectives:  #1,  #2

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.

   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 2007/06/11