STOCKHOLM - AFK : SWEDEN

*Location:

   Adolf Fredriks Kyrka Tower
   Holländargatan
     at Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata
   Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden
   LL: N 59.33791, E 18.06009

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Adolf Fredriks församling
   *parcel:
     Holländargatan 16
   *postal:
     Box 3270
     103 65 Stockholm
   T: 08-402 04 87  [musikinformation]
   E: via Webform [@] www.adolffredrik.nu

*Schedule:

   Live play after high mass;
   automatic play daily

*Remarks:

   Bass note estimated from reported
   weight of 300 kg.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1977
     with bells made by Bergholtz   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

A Church page (in Swedish) describes the building; a related page describes the carillon.

A Wikipedia article (in English, but only stub) has a photo of the building (click for larger versions).  These bells may be in the cupola at the top of the central tower.  Another exterior photo (not very good) can be found by following the Wikimedia Commons link.

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

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Sweden.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 14-Nov-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/06/11

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