AARLE-RIXTEL - OLV : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   O.L.V. Presentatie Kerk (Mariatoren)
   (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw in 't Zand)
   Mariëngaarde
   Bosscheweg at Kapellaan
   Aarle-Rixtel,
     Laarbeek, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
   LL: N 51.50780, E 5.63714
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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Formerly P&F's Traveling Carillon.
   Until the municipal reorganization of
   1997, Aarle-Rixtel was a separate
   municipality.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 38 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1976
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the town has a section about the cloister complex that contains this chapel.  But it does not mention these bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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-Brabant.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 26-Oct-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/09/29
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/15
*Photos:

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