KOBLENZ : GERMANY

*Location:

   Johannishausfassade
   Jesuitenplatz 4
   Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
   LL: N 50.36041, E 7.59864
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Autoplay on the hour, 1000-2200 daily

*Remarks:

   Installed by Firma Ed.Korfhage &
   Söhne, Glockenspielbau, Melle-Buer;
   added semitones sharp 4th & its octave.
   Donated by the Catholic Reading Club
   on the 2000th anniversary of the city

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2007
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020
*Links:

A Waymarking page for these bells has 27 photos of the building.

Page about the bells (in German), with full details.

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/Rhineland-Palatinate.

*Status:
   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 2020/07/14
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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