*Location:

   Klokketårnet (Bell Tower)
   Tårngade at Tårnstræde
   Fåborg (Faaborg),
     Fyn (I. & Amt), Denmark
   LL: N 55.09506, E 10.24262

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*Carillonist:

   Bo Taysen Lerche
   E: btlerche/@/stofanet DOTdk

   Lis Christoffersen

*Contact:

   T: 62 61 04 78

*Schedule:

   Tower open to visitors, mid-June to
   mid-August, weekdays 1100-1615,
   weekends 1000-1300 (admission fee).
   

*Remarks:

   Tower originally part of Sct.Nicolai
   kirke.
   Installation by Jermin Larsen, Odense,
   who also supplied the clock which
   strikes two old bells in lower belfry.

   b1, 80cm, 320kg, 1960, P&F

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 38 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D#  /    C --  
   Transposition is up 11 semitone(s), i.e., from C to B 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

A Waymarking page for these bells has 5 photos.

An artist's page has a colored drawing of the tower.

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in DK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Fyn.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/02