*Location:

   Sint-Plechelmustoren
     (St.Plechelmus Basilica)
   Sint-Plechelmusplein (town center)
   Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.31241, E 6.92852

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Hylke Banning, stadsbeiiardier
   E: h.a.banning @ alumnus .utwente DOTnl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Eijsbouts installed the G&J bells
   donated by M/M P.J.Gelderman-Bartelink.
   1949 addition was 3 new basses plu
   connection to the "Maria" bell by Geert
   van Wou, Kampen, 1493, 2400 kg.
   New bourdon by Abel Portilla, Spain.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 48/    A#--  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2022
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1965, the instrument was enlarged to 48 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 1949, the instrument was enlarged to 46 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       (3 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1930, the instrument was begun with 42 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D# in the middle octave
       There were two missing bass semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The Basilica Website has a photo of the building, a page about the tower (and tours thereof) and several pages about the carillon.

A Waymarking page has three photos of the building, and a long description in both Dutch and English.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, 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 third 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 miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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/Overijssel.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/01/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/01/24