HEDEL : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Town Hall
   Voorstraat near Kasteellaan
   Hedel, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.74424, E 5.26068
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*Contact:

   Gemeente Maasdriel
   *parcel:
     Kerkstraat 45
     5331 CB  Kerkdriel
   *postal:
     Postbus 10 000
     5330 GA  Kerkdriel
   T: 14 0418
   E: info/@/maasdriel DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Since 1 Jan 1999, Hedel has been part
   of the municipality Maasdriel.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the "carillon".

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, 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/Gelderland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  6-Apr-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

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