*Location:

   St.Cuneratoren
   Kerkplein
   Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.95696, E 5.56393

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*Former Location (Spring 1933):

   Voorjaarsbeurs (Spring Fair building)
   Utrecht

   Klaas de Haan
   E: kldehaan/@/xs4all DOTnl

   19xx-xx Gijs Brinks

*Contact:

   Cunerakerk
   Kerkplein 1
   3911 LE  Rhenen
   T: (0)317 61 89 20
   E: verhuur/@/cunerakerk DOTnl
   - or -
   VVV Rhenen
   Markt 20
   3911 LJ  Rhenen
   T: (0)317 61 23 33
   E: info/@/vvvrhenen DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   An older carillon was destroyed by
   lightning in September 1897.
   Bourdon by Jan Tolhuis, 1555

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1959
     with bells made by vanBergen    (except for 1)
   Prior history:
     In 1932, a complete instrument of 24 bells was installed
       with bells made by vanBergen   
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1967

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the city has two fine photos of the tower plus an aerial view showing its location in the city.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has more photos, but the carillon is not mentioned.  The tower can be climbed on summer Saturdays.

The Website of the building is extensive with respect to its use as a concert hall, but fails to mention the carillon.  There is a fine photo of the tower on the Bezichting (Visiting) page.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanbergen bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanbergen 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/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Apr-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/06/13