*Location:

   Zeeheldenmonument
   (Monument for the Heroes of the Sea)
   a.k.a. Monument voor het Reddingswezen
   (Monument for the Rescue Service)
   Helden der Zeeplein
   Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.96261, E 4.75247

   Industrial Fair
   Utrecht

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*Carillonist:

   (none appointed)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (rarely played)

*Remarks:

   Traditional keyboard is below ground
   level, accessed via hatch in the small
   terrace on north side of monument.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   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 1935, the instrument was begun with 30 bells
       by vanBergen   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 -1 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   11 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  16 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  50%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

Dutch Wikipedia article about the monument, with photo; follow the Wikimedia Commons link to find more photos, though none of them show where the keyboard is located.

Wikipedia photo

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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 non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

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

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/11/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/11/24