*Location:

   St.Laurentiustoren
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
   Kerksingel
   Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.93157, E 4.78238

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*Carillonist:

   Boudewijn Zwart
   Hooglandseweg 18
   3864 PV  Nijkerkerveen
   T: (033)253 7786   C: (06)5342 5680
   E: info/@/bellmoods DOTcom

   Jaap van der Ende

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1130

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   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 1999, the instrument was enlarged to 50 bells
       by Eijsbouts       
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A# in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     --D   /    A#--  
       Transposition was up one octave
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 38 bells
       by Eijsbouts       
       Keyboard range was: (FF)C D   /    ----  
       Transposition was up 10 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

The Website of Boudewijn Zwart (in Dutch/English) has a description and playing schedule (and sometimes also a photo) of each of the carillons which he plays (see Towers); Sint Laurentiustoren.

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 the Eijsbouts 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).
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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Zuid-Holland.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2015/10/10