HEUSDEN : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Stadhuistoren
   Breestraat at Pelsestraat
   Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.73377, E 5.13764
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*Carillonist:

   Peter Bremer
   E: peter.j.j.bremer@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Replaces a small pre-1914 instrument
   destroyed in 1944

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 30 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1956
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has current and historic photos of it.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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-Brabant.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Jun-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/15
*Photos:

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