RAALTE : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Kruisverheffingskerk
   (Basiliek van de Heilige Kruisverheffing)
   Kerkstraat at Kruisstraat
   Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.38739, E 6.27449
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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Henk Veldman
   E: henk.veldman/@/editionpors DOTcom
*Past carillonists:
   19??-91 Bas Wijnands
   ??-??   Leon van der Eijk

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Expansion to 47 bells possible.
   Three swinging basses cast 1948.
   Auto. computer on two treble octaves.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    C --  
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1974
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E25S3 
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1976
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has one photo of it, and mentions the installation of the carillon, with a date of 1979 rather than 1974.  The reason for the discrepancy is unknown at present.

The Dutch religious wiki page about the building has several photos of it, but does not mention these bells.

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 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.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/09/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/20
*Photos:

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