The
Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten
has an automatic playing system connected
to the
F0 bell and the 25 bells c2 - c4. The
hammers and electric cables are from the Dutch bellfounders
Eijsbouts. The present day system of relays
and the computer were delivered and installed by
Rainer
Chemnitius when the original equipment broke down after
several years. The special computer software was developed by
Klaus Bonau in
consultation with Jeffrey Bossin in the course of several years.
The automatic plays a short motive from 8 until 11 a.m. and from
1 until 7 p.m. and a short melody at 12 noon. After that
it strikes the hour from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. At 12 noon and 6
p.m. it then plays four short pieces. The hour-strike motive and
melody and all the pieces were arranged or composed by Jeffrey
Bossin, who programmed them on the computer. The melodies
sometimes differ from the standard versions because the
automatic can't repeat the lower notes quickly so other notes
are substituted for the repeated ones.
Click here to listen to the hour-strike
motive and here to listen to
the hour-strike
melody.
The automatic currently plays the following pieces. Click on the
names to listen to them:
At 12 noon
Ach
bitterer
Winter
German
winter
song
Schneeflöckchen,
Weißröckchen
German
winter
song
At
6 p.m.
Der Mond
ist aufgegangen
Johann Abraham
Peter Schulz
Weißt
Du, wieviel Sternlein stehen?
German Folksong
All pieces were arranged
for carillon by Jeffrey Bossin.