*Location:

   Klokketoren
   Thalenpark
   Oude Nering & De Lange West
   Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
   LL: N 53.1088, E 6.0929

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*Carillonist:

   (none)

   19??-92 Mar Bruinzeel

*Contact:

   DGC Drachten
   Gerven van Manenstraat 5
   9204 LN  Drachten
   E: info/@/dgcdrachten DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Carillon in storage (1992).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1972
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  16 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

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/Friesland.

   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 1975/07/20