Carillon

Carillon clock

History

Carillon

From the 16th century onwards, wealthy cities combined their clocks in churches and town halls with a carillon. In the picture you can see the carillon in the Munich town hall with the shepherd's dance.

In the 18th century, watchmakers began to build chimes into clocks that were operated with pin rollers. The independent profession of roller assembler emerged. Even Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn composed musical works for carillon and flute clocks.

Clock

Carillon clock

Movement: Wooden movement with rod plates, turned wooden traps and an iron bell-shaped angel for the strike of the hour. Wood-spindled gear train with Black Forest armature and internal iron armature shaft. Walking and striking mechanism arranged one behind the other. Weight lift via nuts. Long pendulum. Lateral play mechanism with large wind wing. At the full hour, the glockenspielwerk is triggered, followed by the striking of the hour on the bell. Carillon with fifteen bells. Donated wooden cylinder covered with bronzed sheet metal with five selectable melodies.
Shield: Oversized arched shield painted with scenery (horse and carriage, rider, building). Dial with Roman hours and Arabic ¼ hour indications.
Hands: Baroque brass hands.