RIJSWIJK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Raadhuistoren
   (Oude Gemeentehuis)
   Generaal Spoorlaan
     at Burgemeester Elsenlaan
   Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.04775, E 4.32966
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*Carillonist:

   Marianna Marras
   E: marianna.marras/@/xs4all DOTnl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bass swings; automatic roll player
   on lowest 3 octaves.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    C --  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1967
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E35S1 
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1968
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of the tower and mentions these bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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/Zuid Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/10/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/06/13
*Photos:

(none available)

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