AXEL : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Belfort (Stadhuistoren)
   Markt
   Axel, Zeeland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.26550, E 3.90852
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*Carillonist:

   Piet Hamelink
   E: hamelink.p.j@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up 17 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 whole instrument was installed in 1967
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973
*Links:

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 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/Zeeland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20
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