LELYSTAD : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Stadhuis
   Stadhuisplein
   Lelystad,
     Oostelijk Flevoland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.50804, E 5.47628
*Temporary location (2001-2011):
   In storage at Eijsbouts
*Original location (1980-2001):
   column near the old Agora Theater
   Agorahof
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   Gemeente Lelystad
   Stadhuisplein 2
   8232 ZX Lelystad
   T: 0320 278 911
   E: gemeente@lelystad.nl

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily (Mon 1300, Tue-Fri 1200)
   except certain holidays,
   Sat & 27 Apr at 1100,1300,1500

*Remarks:

   Each bell bears the name of a street
   in Lelystad.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1980
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

City cultural article on the history of the carillon, with playing schedule.  But no recent photo of the building has been found to show just where it is located.

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/Flevoland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 27-Mar-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/03/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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