Carilló del Palau

*Location:

   Palau de la Generalitat
   (Palace de Diputacion Provincial)
   Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
   LL: N 41.38296, E 2.17628

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*Carillonist:

   Anna Maria Reverté i Casas,   (A)
     Carillonista
   Palau de la Generalitat
   Carilló
   Pl. de Sant Jaume, 4
   8002 Barcelona
   H: 03/302 0057   W: 93/402 4818
   F: 93/402 4658
   E: amreverte@gencat.net
      amreverte@gencat.cat

   Maria Dolors Coll Vendrell

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Automatic play at 1200 & 1800 daily.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1977
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1989

The carillon has its own Website, with photos and concert schedule (in Catalan).

The carillonneur's Website (in Catalan and Dutch) is shared with her husband, and details their artistic endeavors together.

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Spain.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Spain.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/09/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17