*Location:

   Speeltoren
   O.L.V. Kerk
   Lingerzijde at Kleine Kerkstraat
   Edam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.51234, E 5.04688

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*Carillonist:

   Frits Reynaert   (A)
   Hertog Albrechtstraat 82
   1611 GP  Bovenkarspel
   H: 228/317 816
   E: frits.reynaert@wxs.nl
      fr00@planet.nl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   First Friday of the month, 1330-1430

*Remarks:

   The church was demolished in 1882
   but the tower survives.
   Taylor recast 11 of 18 van den Gheyn
   bells in early 1923, another in late
   1923, and added 1 in July 1931;
   none remain, and disposition is unknown.
   An ancient drum was superseded by a
   tape-controlled auto system in 1970s;
   later a computer system; the drum was
   restored in 1999.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 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 20__
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1970, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (33 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1931, the instrument was enlarged to 19 bells
       by Taylor      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was E  in the treble octave
     In 1922, the instrument was enlarged to 18 bells
       by Taylor      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     B A   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
     In 1561, the instrument was begun with 19 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (4 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The Website of the carillonneur has a page about this carillon, with a tower photo that may be clickable for a larger version.  There is also a page about the restoration of the drum.

A Wikipedia article about the town has a paragraph about the history of the carillon tower.

A brief page about the carillon has a photo of the tower.

A Waymarking page has three photos of the building.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanden Gheyn bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the fourth 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/Noord-Holland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/01/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/01/24