*Location:

   Rathaus
   Am Markt
   Brilon, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 51.39539, E 8.56767

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*Contact:

   Tourist-Information Brilon
   Derkere Straße 10a
   D-59929 Brilon
   T: 02961/96 99 0   F: 02961/96 99 96
   E: bwt/@/brilon DOTde

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1100, 1500, 1700,
   with figures appearing in the windows
   on either side of the clock face to
   portray scenes from the Schnadegang
   (boundary inspection).

*Remarks:

   Installed and maintained by Korfhage

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1990
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The German Wikipedia article about the building mentions that the glockenspiel shows scenes from the Schnadegang (border inspection).

A tourism page has the operating schedule; one from: of 82 photos shows one window of the Rathaus open.  The bells are in the roofridge belfry.

Photo of the figures that appear in the left window; Photo of the figures that appear in the right window.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

   This page was built from the database on  8-Sep-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/15