The Clock

*Location:

   Park opposite Vidanova Bank
   (formerly Citco Bank)
   Plasa Smeets
   De Ruyterkade at Johan van Walbeeckplein
   Willemstad,
     Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
   LL: N 12.10349, W 68.92729

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*Contact:

   Vidanova Bank
   Schottegatweg Oost 44
   Willemstad, Curaçao
   T: 9732-2900
   E: info@vidanovabank.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   One of the chimes for this bank may
   be at a different location.
   Citco Bank Antilles became SFT Bank
   in 1995, then Vidanova Bank in 2017.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1989
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The bank Website recounts its history, but doesn't mention any chimes.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AN.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17