*Location:

   St.Lebuinustoren
   Groote Kerk
   Grote Kerkhof
   Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.25164, E 6.15465

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*Carillonist:

   Bauke Reitsma
   E: baukereitsma/@/xmsnet DOTnl

   ??-2012 Roel Smit
   2012-20 Jan Willem Achterkamp

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 53 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   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 1952, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (18 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A# in the bass octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was down 2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1694, the instrument was enlarged to 34 bells
       by Hemony          
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1647, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Hemony          
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D# in the middle octave
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, 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 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/Overijssel.

   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 2015/10/10