*Location:

   Munttoren
   Muntplein
   Amstel at Singel
   Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.36707, E 4.89320

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*Carillonist:

   Gideon Bodden
   E: info@gideonbodden.nl
      gideonbodden@molenpad.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1400-1500.

*Remarks:

   Original installation combined F. & P.
   Hemony bells from Beurs (number not
   certain) with new bells by P.Hemony.
   Automatic-only from 1873 to 1960.
   Restored in 1992 with Waalre variant of
   European standard keyboard.
   The replaced Hemony bells are displayed
   in the Amsterdam Historical Museum.
   Meantone tuning.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 38 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --D   /(G )C --  
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1993
     with 14 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1959, the instrument was enlarged to 29 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (11 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was: (G )C F   /    ----  
     In 1668, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Hemony      
       (13 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: MQ    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

A Wikipedia article has several clickable photos of the building, and describes the bells.

The carillonneur's Website (in Dutch or English) has a photo of the tower, but no description.

Stock photo of the belfry; exterior hammers for the automatic play are clearly visible.  Scroll down to find more photos of this tower.

A Waymarking page for these bells has 20 photos, mostly of the tower.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

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

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/09/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/07