Self-propelled carillon

*Location:

   Huis ten Bosch
   Sasebo, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
   LL: N 33.083, E 129.788

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Huis ten Bosch
   Huis ten Bosch-Cho
   Sasebo City, Nagasaki
   T: 956/27-0526  [Int'l Sales Dept.]
   E: intsales@huistenbosch.co.jp
      htb-int@huistenbosch.co.jp

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /(G) A#--  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1992
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E25   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  2 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    2 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   3 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  50%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The Huis Ten Bosch [JP] Website

A map of western Kyushu Island (in English) shows the general locations of both Huis Ten Bosch (south of Sasebo City) and Holland Village.

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 traveling carillons in the world.

Index to all traditional carillons in Japan.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Japan.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/07/23