Klaipėdos karilionas

Beautiful bell music, thought is a church

Tenka klausyti gatvėje, nes nėra kur prisėsti. Muziejus neįleido šiandien.

Buvo skaudu pamatyti tiek apleistą ir visais užmirštą vieną iš gražiausių Klaipėdos vietų ir pastatų. Tikiuosi, šis istorijos objektas bus perleistas į geras rankas ir vėl atgims.

The Klaipėda carillon is one of the three largest such musical instruments in Lithuania. It was installed in the tower of the former Klaipėda Central Post Office in 1987 and operated until 2006, when it was replaced by a new one. The first bell-ringing device – a carillon that operated in Klaipėda, was made at the Apolda Bell Factory in East Germany at the time. The old bells were entrusted to Klaipėda University for safekeeping by Klaipėda City Municipality under the contract. The scientific institution intended to hang them in its tower, but it later turned out that this could not be done due to the poor condition of the tower's supporting structures. The bells were stored unsuccessfully - 6 of them (each weighing several tens of kilograms) were stolen. The new carillon was cast in 2006. in Holland. The Klaipėda carillon consists of 48 new smooth profile bronze bells with a range of four octaves. The heaviest bell has a diameter of 1,163 mm and a mass of 903 kilograms. The diameter of the lightest bell is 182 mm, the weight is 10 kg. The total mass of the bells is about 5,095 kg.