*Location:

   Stadstoren
   Groote Kerk (N.H.Kerk)
   Oude Markt at Marktstraat
   Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.22080, E 6.89547

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*Carillonist:

   Esther Schopman
   E: stadsbeiaardier.enschede@gmail.com

   19??-?? Willem Mesdag
   1991-2017 Joke Brandsma

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   First shopping Sunday of each month,
   1300-1400; in summer, often also on
   third shopping Sunday of each month.

*Remarks:

   Eijsbouts installed the G&J carillon,
   and presumably also 2 separate
   ringing bells which G&J supplied.
   Most of G&J carillon stolen 1943;
   old drum used with new carillon.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1961
     with bells made by vanBergen        
   Prior history:
     In 1929, a complete instrument of 42 bells was installed
       with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     C G   /    ----  
       Transposition was nil (concert pitch)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1972

The Website of the city carillon (in Dutch only) has many current and historical photos.

There is a Facebook page for the carillon.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen 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 1992/01/15