AMSTERDAM - F : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Flatgebouw "de Klokkenhof"
   Surinameplein
   Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.35777, E 4.85055
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*Contact:

   N. V. Saane
   - or -
   Belfort Hotel
   Surinameplein 53
   1058 GN  Amsterdam

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1962
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   45 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  47 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  80%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1976
*Links:

The Wilimedia Commons category for this building has 10 photos, including one closeup of the bells.

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

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord-Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 29-Oct-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/10/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20
*Photos:

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