*Location:

   St.Paulustoren
   N.H.Kerk
   Brink
   Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.21156, E 5.29201

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*Carillonist:

   Bauke Reitsma
   E: baukereitsma/@/xmsnet DOTnl

*Contact:

   Stichting Carillon Baarn
   E: info/@/carillonbaarn DOTnl

*Schedule:

   2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1500-1600

*Remarks:

   Intermediate stage was also reported
   as 30 or 35 bells. Sub-bourdon is the
   1948 swinging bell of the church.
   2012: Former electric-hammer automatic
   replaced with electro-pneumatic
   action in keyboard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 44 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --G   /(G) C --  
   Transposition is up 10 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2002
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1974, the instrument was enlarged to 34 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was E  in the treble octave
       Keyboard range was:     C A   /    NONE  
       Transposition was not applicable
       There were no missing bass semitones
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1E   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

Website of the Baarn Carillon Society (in Dutch) is extensive.

The Website of the carillonist has a page about this instrument.

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 the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
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Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/10/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/07/23