*Location:

   Gemeentehuis (City Hall Tower)
   Grote Markt at Korte Kerkestraat
   Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.5039. E 3.8905

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*Contact:

   Gemeente Goes
   *parcel:
     M. A. De Ruijterlaan 2
     4461 GE  Goes
   *postal:
     PO Box 2118
     4460 MC  Goes
   T: 14 0113 (local)
     +31 113 249 600
   E: stadskantoor/@/goes DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Drum by Jan van de Brant, c.1550,
   beside a swinging bell in the larger
   lantern (windowed); another in open
   lantern above (below chime) and a third
   in the opposite open lantern.

*Technical data:

   Mechanical-automatic chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 1948
     by vanBergen    
   Prior history:
     In 1766, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (10 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building is very brief, but does have one photo of it.  The associated Wikimedia Commons category is extensive. Bells and transmission wires can be seen when this photo is enlarged.  A historic photo of the tower appears to show that the chime and drum were not then present.

A YouTube video includes a drone flight around the building, and these bells can be glimpsed in the ceiling of the upper lantern.

The page about this building's registration as a historic monument states that there are 10 bells by A.J.vdGheyn, 1766, plus one by Vanbergen, 1948; the drum which plays them is by Jan van de Brant, ca.1550.

A waymarking page describes the chime but not the larger two bells.

Wikimedia page of 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 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 chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Zeeland.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/12/18