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
Wir
wollen alle
fröhlich sein*
German
Easter
chorale
April
in Portugal*
Raul
Ferrao
At
6 p.m.
Erstanden
ist der heilig
Christ*
German
Easter
chorale
Minimalia
Jeffrey
Bossin
*Arranged for carillon by
Jeffrey Bossin.