HEYTHUYSEN : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   former town hall
   Vlasstraat at Dorpstraat
   Heythuysen, Limburg, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.25028, E 5.89445
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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Major-third bells

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 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 1987
     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The Dutch Wikipedia article about the town reports that the old town hall in the center of town has been replaced by a new one on the outskirts; the new one has no place for bells, and the old one has been tentatively located, though the apparent number of bells there is only about 15.

Google StreetViews of the tower:  #1#2

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/Limburg.

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

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