*Location:

   N.H.Bethelkerk (Bethlehemkerk)
   Van der Palmstraat
   Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.83197, E 4.68490

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*Contact:

   Hervormde Gemeente Bethlehemkerk
   Van der Palmstraat 1
   3351 HA  Papendrecht
   T: 078 - 615 18 37
   E: scriba_bk/@/pknpapendrecht DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Range C2-A4, diatonic, except A2-C4
   chromatic.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1964
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1969

The Dutch Reliwiki page about this modern church has an early photo of it, in which the tower and bells are clearly visible.  But the bells are not mentioned in the text.

The church Website has a page about the building, which mentions the carillon and three swinging bells.  There are photos that show the bell tower.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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/Noord-Brabant.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/11/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20