EPE : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   N.H. Grote of St.Maartenskerk
   Beekstraat at Hoofdstraat
   Epe, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.34824, E 5.98335
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*Carillonist:

   Maurits Bunt
   E: info@mauritsbunt.nl

*Contact:

   Stichting Epe Carillon
   E: carillonepe@gmail.com
   - or -
   Hervormde Gemeente Grote Kerk
   Postbus 148
   8160 AC Epe
   E: predikant/@/grotekerkepe DOTnl
   - or -
   Friends of the Tower and Great Church
   T: 0578-627637
   E: info/@/vriendengrotekerkepe DOTnl
   - or -
   Riet Fennema
   E: rietfennema@hotmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Reports of 38 bells are incorrect.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 30 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    (except for 1)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020
*Links:

The church Website (in Dutch) has a photo of the building plus contact information.

Photo of tower

The carillonist's Website

The Dutch Reliwiki page about this building has several historic photos of it, but does not mention these bells.

The Website of the Friends of the Tower and Great Church has the largest photo of the building, but does not mention the bells.

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/Gelderland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 19-Mar-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/03/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/03/17
*Photos:

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