THE DOWNTOWN PROTESTANT
GREAT CHURCH
THE BELLS OF THE DOWNTOWN PROTESTANT GREAT CHURCH
The Large Bell:
The bell weighs 1301 kilograms, stretches 132 centimetres in diameter at its lower end, pitched D1.
It was cast by bellfounder Lajos Gombos of Őrbottyán in 1988.
Image: a wreath-encircled chalice
The Medium Bell:
The bell weighs 728 kilograms, stretches 107 centimetres at its lower end, pitched F1.
It was cast by bellfounder Lajos Gombos of Őrbottyán in 1988.
Image: a laurel wreath-encircled chalice flanked by dates on both sides, 1886 to 1988
The Small Bell:
The bell weighs 423 kilograms, stretches 92 centimetres at its lower end, pitched G sharp1.
The bell was cast in Lajos Gombos’s foundry in Őrbottyán in 1989.
Image: a laurel wreath-encircled chalice
The Smallest Bell:
The bell weighs 302 kilograms, stretches 79 centimetres at its lower end, pitched B1.
It was cast in Őrbottyán in Lajos Gombos’s bell foundry in 1989.
Image: a chalice
