The Bells of Flanders

*Location:

   (near railroad station)
   Itami, Hyogo, Honshu, Japan
   LL: N 34.78080, E 135.42109

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Itami City
   T: 072-783-1234

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Itami is a sister city of Hasselt BE.
   Bass note deduced from video.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    A#--  
   Transposition is up 14 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1990
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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

Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Japan.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Japan.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/09/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/09/24