*Location:

   Rådhus
   Smallegade
   Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
   LL: N 55.67839, E 12.53177

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*Carillonist:

   Peter Langberg
   E: peterlangberg45@gmail.com

   Edwin Nielsen
   Axel Madsen
   20??-20 Joanna Stroz

*Contact:

   Frederiksberg Kommune
   Smallegade 1
   DK-2000 Frederiksberg
   T: 38 21 21 21   F: 38 21 29 50
   E: raadhuset@frederiksberg.dk

*Schedule:

   Guests on Wednesdays in July

*Remarks:

   Bells by Sørensen.
   Installed by Jermin Larsen; two-manual
   electric keyboard replaces original
   mechanical action.
   Tower open to tourists, with view
   across Copenhagen.

   was f1, 129cm, 1300kg, 1953, Sørensen

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2012
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1962, the keyboard was replaced
       by an unknown maker
       Pitch of heaviest bell was F  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    NONE  
       Transposition was up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1953, the instrument was begun with 47 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C --  
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EnB   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021

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   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 2020/06/22