HEEMSKERK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Town Hall
   Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.517, E 4.667
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*Contact:

   Gemeente Heemskerk
   *parcel:
     Maerten van Heemskerckplein 1
     1964 EZ  Heemskerk
   *postal:
     Postbus 1
     1960 AA  Heemskerk
   T: 251 256 777
   E: communicatie/@/heemskerk DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Possibly relocated; photos of the old
   town hall show an empty belfry,
   and the new town hall has not been
   located.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1982
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

Photos of the former city hall show an empty cupola, and the new city hall has not been found.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord-Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/11/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

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