*Location:

   Giessereiturm
   Fabrik Korfhage
   Buer, Bez.Osnabrück,
     Niedersachsen, Germany
   LL: N 52.25, E 8.40

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Ed. Korfhage & Söhne GmbH & Co.
   Postfach 140
   D-49308 Melle
   T: 5427 452   F: 5427 1296
   E: korfhage-turmuhren@t-online.de
   W: www.korfhage-turmuhren.de

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Since 1972, Buer is part of the city
   of Melle.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1961
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Lower Saxony.

   This page was built from the database on 15-Jul-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/07/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20