DEFUNCT

DEFUNCT   SITE

  DEFUNCT

ASTEN - Mobile/1 : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Eijsbouts Traveling Carillon
   Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Not known whether 1955 work was simple
   expansion or complete replacement.
   Possibly replaced again in 1967.
   Bells transferred to Bolsward by 1992.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1955
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Prior history:
     In 1949, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Eijsbouts       
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C G   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nB    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  2 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    2 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   4 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978
*Links:

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 1992/07/07
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

[TowerBells Home Page] [Site data top page] [Credits and Disclaimers] [Feedback]

Please send comments or questions about this page to csz_stl@swbell.net.