*Location:

   Doushisya Elementary School
   (Doshisha Primary School)
   Doshisha University
   Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
   LL: N 34.986, E 135.758

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*Contact:

   Doushiya University
   T: (075)251-3260   F: (075)251-3057
   E: ji-kksai@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   It is not yet clear whether this newly
   established school is on the
   Kyotanabe Campus of the University
   or the Imadegawa Campus, or elsewhere.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 15 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 2006
     with bells made by Paccard     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

Photos and description

The Doshisha University Website (English-language section) mentions the establishment of the school in 2006, but does not say where it is located

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Japan.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Dec-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/12/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/12/30

(none available)