*Location:

   Schloss Velen
   Schlossplatz, off Ramsdorferstraße
   Velen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 51.89329, E 6.98386

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*Contact:

   Châteauform'
   49-51 rue Saint Dominique
   75007 Paris, France
   T: +33 1 30 28 69 69
   E: webcom@chateauform.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 24 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 1994
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                . 7 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    8 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  99 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The German Wikipedia article about the building includes an aerial view, taken before the bells were installed, as well as an entrance view, taken afterwards. There is also a view from the south.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Aug-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/09