*Location:

   St.Agathatoren
   R.K.Kerk
   Slangenwegje at Bloksteeg
   Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.48586, E 4.65831

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*Carillonist:

   Gerda Peters
   E: gerda-menno/@/hetnet DOTnl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   3 swinging basses cast in 1957 for
   church, remainder in 1958 for city.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1958
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E36S3 
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:  95%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it, showing the bells in a cupola atop the central dome.  Follow the Wikimedia Commons link for more photos of the building.

A page on Gerda Peters' Website has photos of all three towers where she plays and two of their keyboards.

Where 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).
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 Holland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/10/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/15