Autoplay of a melody at each hour,
with national anthem of Ukraine at 1200.
*Remarks:
Original mechanism purely electric;
now has movable baton clavier with
independent manual and pedal keyboards
with mechanical actions that press
keys of electric keyboards; also five
other bells not connected to the baton
keyboards, some used as church bells;
largest 1670kg.
*Technical data:
Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 51 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the treble octave
Keyboard range: G D 44/ A#G 20
Transposition is up 16 semitone(s), i.e., from C to E
There are two missing bass semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 2012
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
Auxiliary mechanisms: E56I56
Tower details not available
Year of latest technical information source is 2021
*Links:
The Website of the cathedral includes
a photo of the belfry,
which is the upper portion of a museum, and
a photo
of the back side of the building, with several bells visible.
A page
about the history of construction and architectural features says this:
"The complex continued to be built after the consecration. By the Intercession of
the Lord in 2012, the bell tower near the cathedral was rebuilt and consecrated with
the largest carillon in Ukraine with 56 bells, which cover all the notes of the piano
range. You can play various musical works on the bells. The ringing of each bell is
surprisingly clear, exactly matching the note. The carillon was made in the Netherlands
at the Petit & Fritsen enterprise, which has been doing this for over 600 years.
The weight of the largest bell is 1670 kg, the smallest is 5 kg. This is a unique bell
tower that has no analogues in the world. When the last bell was cast, coins collected
by parishioners were added to the alloy. Part of the carillon is used manually for the
church bell, and the full carillon has electronic control and is connected to the
clock. Every hour, the carillon plays a short beautiful melody, and at noon, the
National Anthem of Ukraine."
Evening
photo of the bells
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
(It is listed there as "non-trad" because that is how it was originally installed.)
