Swiss Glockenspiel - CITY OF WESTMINSTER (ENGLAND)

Inventory of bells

Swiss Glockenspiel - CITY OF WESTMINSTER (ENGLAND)

Reference 13553

Swiss Ct
W1D 6BY CITY OF WESTMINSTER


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Description On the Leicester Square facing side of the podium featured a Carillon – a musical instrument made of 27 bells set alongside 11 moving Swiss figures (carved by Fritz Fuchs in 1968). In 1984, the glockenspiel was added as a gift of friendship from Switzerland and Liechtenstein, making the Swiss Centre a popular stop for tourists and Londoners passing between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. On the hour, the clock would chime, the bells would ring and the figures would move around the curved wall. In 2007 after the demolition of the Swiss Centre, the Glockenspiel alongside the figures was transferred to the structure that it's in currently.

Bells 27 Automatic Carillon bells

Current bell ringing Weekdays: Bells chime for five minute every day (12pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm)
Weekends: Bells chime for five minute every day (2pm, 3pm and 4pm)- plus additional performances on public holidays

Card editor LLOP i BAYO, Francesc

Updating 21-08-2024

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  • RIBES i LÓPEZ, Mario (09-12-2023)

    • Full records of the bells

    Existing bells

    LocationBellBellfounderCasting yearDiameter (in cm)Weight
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (1)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (2)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (3)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (4)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (5)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (6)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (7)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (8)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (9)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (10)1980ca0.00
    Bottom BarsGlockenspiel (11)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (12)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (13)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (14)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (15)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (16)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (17)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (18)1980ca0.00
    Middle BarsGlockenspiel (19)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (20)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (21)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (22)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (23)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (24)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (25)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (26)1980ca0.00
    Top BarsGlockenspiel (27)1980ca0.00

    Carillon

    In operation
    Automatic carillon
    Automaton

    Bells 27
    Pictures
    General inventory of carillons

    Computers

    Computer (1)
    Automaton
    Existing In operation

    Card editor LLOP i BAYO, Francesc

    Updating 19-12-2023

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    General inventory of computers