BEVERWIJK - K : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   (in storage)
*Former location (1965-2010)
   President Kennedyplein
   Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.4966, E 4.6632
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Gemeente Beverwijk
   Stationsplein 48
   1948 LC Beverwijk
   T: 0251-256256
   E: Webform @ www.beverwijk.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower and bells were removed to storage
   at Eijsbouts in 2010.
   Jan.2025: City considering reinstallation
   near city hall.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

The Website of the cafe has a small photo of the carillon on its splash page and on other pages.  The home page has a long history of the cafe, but does not explain the name.  Many of the pages now include links to online casinos or other unrelated things.

Photo of the bell tower

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/02/25
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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