*Location:

   Heuvelbrink
   Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.57398, E 4.75145

   Removable ladder to cabin door

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*Carillonist:

   Paul Maassen
   E: p_maassen@hotmail.com

*Contact:

   Vrienden van het Heuvelcarillon
   Pieter Maassen
   E: maassenpw@hotmail.com

*Schedule:

   Fridays 1400-1430

*Remarks:

   Originally automatic only; replaced in
   first expansion.
   Equal temperament tuning.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2010
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 2005, the instrument was enlarged to 28 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1979, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  4 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   10 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  12 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  95%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The Dutch Wikipedia article about this place has a section about the carillon, with a photo of the tower.

Archived article about the carillon

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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/Noord-Brabant.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/09/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/07