Concert in the Prague Loretto

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Address: Loretánské náměstí 7, Praha 1

Concert in the Prague Loretto

Duration Concert in the Prague Loretto: 1.0 hours

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June 2010 July August 2010

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reserved day	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
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A	Adults 20.2 EUR	Students 20.2 EUR	Children 20.2 EUR
B	Adults 0 EUR	Students 0 EUR	Children 0 EUR

THE PRAGUE LORETTO

The Prague Loretto Carillon was built and set in motion in 1695. The bells were cast by Amsterdam bellmaker Claude Fremy, and the playing mechanism was constructed by Peter Neumann, a Prague clockmaker. The instrument has a total of 27 bells in the span of over two octaves, with a keyboard of atypical proportions. The bottom octave is also controlled by a row of pedals. The carillon has two separate paying systems - a clock machine with a cylinder that is programmed to play the hymn "A Thousand Times We Hail Thee" on the hour, and a completely independent mechanism that is contolled by the player. The carillon was restored in 1994 by Petr Rudolf Manoušek and is one of the oldest working carillons in Europe, especially among those that have been preserved without the use of inauthentic interference.