*Location: Loreto Cloister Museum Tower Loretánské námestí Hradcany Praha (Prague), Czech Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia) LL: N 50.08925, E 14.39157
*Carillonist: (unknown) *Contact: Loreto Praha Loretánské nám.7/100 118 00 Praha 1 - Hradcany T/F: 220-516-740 T: 737 639 049 E: loreta /@/ loreta DOTcz reditel /@/ loreta DOTcz *Schedule: Hour strike on bass bell (#1), quarter strike on #4, both hung in lantern above the clock stage. Autoplay of a Marian tune on the hour. Concerts 1530 every Saturday *Remarks: Bells by Claude Fremy, cast 1683-91; oldest extant Dutch carillon outside the Netherlands. Installation was completed by local clockmaker Peter Neumann in 1695; unknown whether that included the keyboard. 13 trebles have duplicate hammers. One bass bell recast by Lisiak in 1747, then replaced along with another (#2 & 4) by Peter Manousek in 1994. Three small bells, badly out of pitch, not connected to drum or present piano-style keyboard, though clappers and hammers remain in place. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 30 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the treble octave Transposition is up 13 semitone(s) Keyboard range: C E 27/ C C There are two missing bass semitones The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown 2 bells were recast or replaced in 1994 by the maker cited in Remarks above Prior history: In 1747, some bells were recast or replaced with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above (0 bells remain from that work.) Keyboard range was: C F / C C In 1690, the complete instrument of 30 bells was installed by the maker cited in Remarks above (28 bells remain from that work.) Auxiliary mechanisms: M27 Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2010*Links:
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