*Location:

   Stadhuistoren
   Markt
   Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
   LL: N 50.85131, E 5.69147

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*Carillonist:

   Frank Steijns, stadsbeiaardier
   E: info@franksteijns.com
      steijns@me.com

   1952-97 Mathieu Steijns

*Contact:

   Stichting Carillons Maastricht
   Anjoulaan 23
   NL-6213 CT  Maastricht
   T: 043/325 86 34

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1230-1315

*Remarks:

   Original bells by F.Hemony, 4 in 1663
   and the rest in 1664.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1962, the instrument was enlarged to 43 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was G# in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C G   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  8 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G#
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 1664, the instrument was begun with 28 bells
       by Hemony      
       (17 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Limburg.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/06/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/06/04