*Location:

   Parkbeiaard
   Noordstedeweg, east of Sluyterslaan
   Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.02940, E 5.08506

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*Original location (1985-2000):

   Old Town Hall (now demolished)
   Raadstede
   LL: N 52.0283, E 5.0849

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*Carillonist:

   Dick van Dijk
   T: 06 4563 8664
   E: info/@/parkbeiaard DOTnl
   - and -
   Mathieu Daniel Polak
   T: 06 2215 7746

   1985-2022 Moshé Lewkowitz

*Contact:

   Stadshuis
   *parcel:
     Stadsplein 1
     3431 LZ  Nieuwegein
   *postal:
     Postbus 1
     3430 AA  Nieuwegein
   T: 30 607 19 11

*Schedule:

   Fridays 1500-1600

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    C --  
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E35H  
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  9 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   12 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  17 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The Website of the carillon is extensive.

The English Wikipedia article about the town does not mention the carillon.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2019/02/07