*Location:

   Kornmarktkirche
   Kornmarkt at Linsenstraße
   Mühlhausen, Thüringen (was Erfurt),
     Germany
   LL: N 51.20839, E 10.45747

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*Carillonist:

   Stefan Duschl
   E: carillon/@/ duschledv DOTde
   - and -
   Rainer Kühne

*Contact:

   Kornmarktkirche
   Kornmarkt
   D-99974 Mühlhausen
   - or -
   Mühlhäuser Museen
   Kristanplatz 7
   D-99974 Mühlhausen
   T: 03601 8566-0   F: 03601 8566-26
   E: info/@/mhl-museen DOTde

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1200,1800

*Remarks:

   Older bells 1988 or earlier;
   latest bells by Schilling/Apolda; MIDI

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 41 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1991
     with bells made by Schilling    
   Prior history:
     Previously, the instrument was begun with 36 bells
       by an unknown maker   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014

The DGV page about this instrument has no photos, and now reports it with a MIDI-Keyboard, whereas previously it was reported with a traditional keyboard.

Video (0:16) of the bells

A page on the Museum Website has a photo of the tower and a sentence about the carillon.

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Thuringia.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/07/26