*Location:

   Provinciehuistoren
   (Gemeentehuis)
   Nicolaas Beetslaan
   Westerbrink
   Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.98608, E 6.53817

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*Carillonist:

   Auke de Boer
   E: aukegdeboer@live.nl

*Contact:

   Provinciehuis Drenthe
   Westerbrink 1
   9405 BJ Assen
   T: 0592 365 555
   E: post@drenthe.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 26 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the treble octave
       Transposition was up one octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    ----  
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  95%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

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

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/09/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2015/10/10