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Salzburg Carillon - Salzburger Glockenspiel

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The Salzburg Carillon (Salzburger Glockenspiel), part of the Salzburg Museum, is the carillon tower on top of the New Residenz, with 35 bells covering three octaves. It was built in 1701 and commissioned by Prince-archbishop Johann Ernst Graf Thun.

The bells were manufactured by Melchior de Maze, a bell caster in Antwerp. Salzburg master gunsmith Franz Sulzer and workers from the brass works in Ebenau constructed an actuator mechanism for a brass cylinder with a two-and-a-half meters diameter. Jeremias Sauter, Head court clockmaker, drilled, cut and filed 7,970 holes into the brass plates.

The Carillon Tower can be climbed in guided tours (from the end of March until the end of October). 

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Salzburg Carillon - Salzburger Glockenspiel

Mozartplatz 1
5020 Salzburg
Austria