BENNEBROEK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Ned.Herv.Kerk
   Binnenweg
   Bennebroek (Bennebrock),
     Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.32271, E 4.60141
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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Taylor carillon stolen WW II

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1960
     with 24 bells made by vanBergen   
   Prior history:
     In 1922, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       made by Taylor      
       (1 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1976
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:

The Wikipedia article about this town has a small photo of the church, but no larger version and no details.  (The Dutch version of the article is longer, but has no more information about the church.)

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries, 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-Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 26-Mar-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/02/01
*Photos:

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