*Location:

   Zuider Kerk
   Zandstraat at Zanddwarstraat
   Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.37021, E 4.89959

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*Carillonist:

   Bernard Winsemius
   E: winsemius@planet.nl

*Contact:

   Zuiderkerk
   Zuiderkerkhof 72
   1011 WB  Amsterdam
   T: (0)20 3080399
   E: Webform, www.zuiderkerkamsterdam.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells of 1700 by N. Noorden.
   Building last used as a church in 1929.
   Van Bergen bells presumably removed
   in 1994 restoration; broek system,
   meantone temperament, keyboard from
   1657 with organ-type pedals; drum by
   Juriaen Spraeckel, 1656.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    C --  
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   12 bells were recast or replaced in 1994
     by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1959, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by vanBergen   
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
     In 1700, the instrument was enlarged to 35 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1656, the instrument was begun with 32 bells
       by Hemony      
       (23 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   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 2023

The Website for use of the building for events has two small pictures of the building, but no information about the bells.

The Wikipedia article on the building has several clickable photos of the tower, but only a very brief mention of the carillon.

A Waymarking page for these bells has 22 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 second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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