*Location:

   Vestkirken Tower
   Plantabuen
   Pederstrup,
     Ballerup, Sjælland, Denmark
   LL: N 55.72652, E 12.34224

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*Player:

   Eva Feldbæk Christoffersen
   T: 44 68 79 25, 30 13 79 25
   E: ef@pederstrup-sogn.dk

*Contact:

   Pederstrup Sogn Kontoret
   Plantanbuen 6
   DK-2750 Ballerup
   T: 44 97 75 37   F: 44 64 25 36
   E: sb@pederstrup-sogn.dk
      9089@sogn.dk
   - or -
   Ballerup Sogn
   Digterparken 1
   2750 Ballerup

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Installation by De Smithske.
   Two bass bells also swing.

   a#1, 87cm, 400kg, 1973, Eijsbouts

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1973
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EW2   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

The parish Website has a large photo of the building, but minimal contact information.  The tower access stair is in the adjacent entryway on the north side of the tower.

The church Website . . .

The Danish Wikipedia article about this church has a photo of it, but does not mention any bells.  The associated Wikimedia Commons category has more photos of the building.

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

Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Scandinavian non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Sjælland.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/08/10