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ROTTERDAM - B : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Beurs (= Bourse, or Exchange)
   Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Made for the Stadhuis, where it hung
   until 1829.
   Destroyed by bombing, 14 May 1940

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 27 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1660
     with bells made by Hemony           
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1947
*Links:

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundry

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 1992/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20
*Photos:

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