*Location:

   South choir ambulatory
   St.-Paulus-Dom
   Domplatz
   Münster,
     Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 51.96304, E 7.62619

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Part of a Hanseatic astronomical clock
   built in 1540-42; also playable from
   the cathedral organ.

*Technical data:

   Mechanical-automatic chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     C#F   /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1542
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Auxiliary mechanisms: O     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   10 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  15 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   -%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021

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Ranking among all German chimes by pitch (weight).
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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  7-May-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/05/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/05/02