Radio Carillon

*Location:

   Raadhuistoren
   Dudokpark at Oude Enghweg
   Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.22914, E 5.17005

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*Carillonist:

   Wim Ruitenbeek
   E: wimruitenbeek@gmail.com

   19??-?? Peter Bakker
   1991-2019 Freek Bakker

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Taylor supplied a 13cwt bell, cast in
   1928, for the new town hall (completed
   in 1930), & another in 1931; both were
   removed to the new RC church in
   Putten when the Eijsbouts carillon
   was installed here.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     --D   /    A#--  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2022
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1990, the instrument was enlarged to 48 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     --C   /    C --  
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 1958, the instrument was begun with 47 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

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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 2020/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/12/09