Acoustic investigation of the carillonsin Poland

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Authors

  • M. SANKIEWICZ Department of Sound Engineering, Gdańsk Technical University, Poland
  • A. KACZMAREK Department of Sound Engineering, Gdańsk Technical University, Poland
  • G. BUDZYŃSKI Department of Sound Engineering, Gdańsk Technical University, Poland

Abstract

The carillons existing in Poland are described. Three carillons have been recently investigated acoustically: that as Jasna Góra Sanctuary in Częstochowa, installed in 1905, that one at St. Catherine Church in Gdańsk, built in 1989, and the one at the Gdańsk Main-City town-Hall, rebuilt, yet unsatisfactorily, in 1970. Results of the computerized spectral sound analysis of those carillons are presented, compared and discussed.

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