CHIANG MAI : THAILAND

*Location:

   Wat Phra That Doi Suthap
   (Temple of Buddha Relics on Mt.Suthap)
     (Wat Doi Suthep)
   Chiang Mai, Thailand
   LL: N 18.78, E 98.98

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*Player:

   Visitors, for prayer

*Contact:

  (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Random

*Remarks:

   141 oriental temple bells of all sizes,
   hung by canons in varying groups.
   Largest possibly ten tons.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

The Wikipedia article on Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep (note variation in spelling!) mentions bells, and has two photos of them.

An artist's perspective drawing of the temple compound shows the location of two large bells outside the walls, and is accompanied by a description which makes clear the location of the rows of smaller bells.  Unfortunately it does not make clear the location of the great bell within the compound.

Tourist photo of the largest bell; notice the warnings on it!

Photo of a bell in its tower or house (reopen image in a separate window for proper proportions).

Professional photos of the single row of larger bells and the double row of smaller bells

Photo of a large bell outdoors

Photo of a large bell indoors

Professional photo of the double row of bells

Professional photo of large temple bell in its house

Photo of the single row of larger bells

Photo of the double row of smaller bells

As a collection, this site is not indexed by maker, number, year or weight.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Thailand.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Dec-06
   based on textual data last updated on 1995/04/15
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/15

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