HEERDE : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   N.H.Kerktoren
   Dorpstraat near Bonenburgerlaan
   Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.38627, E 6.04055
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*Contact:

   Johannskerk
   Dorpstraat 31
   8181 HM  Heerde

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower restored in 1986; has mechanical
   clock from 3Q 19c. by L.W.F.Volcke,
   's Gravenhage.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1970
     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 Johanneskerk, presumed to be the N.H.Kerk of the reference.

The Dutch Religious Wiki article about the building has photos of it, and identifies the tower clock, but says nothing about 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 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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