*Location:

   St.Pieterstoren
   (St.Petrusbandentoren)
   Kerkplein at Torenstraat
   Son, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.51020, E 5.49416

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*Carillonist:

   Tommy van Doorn
   E: tommyvandoorn@yahoo.com

   20xx-2021 Peter Bremer
   19xx-20xx Arie Abbenes

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Thu 1300-1400, 1st & 3rd by TvD,
   others by amateurs;
   Sat 1200-1300 by amateurs;
   autoplay on the quarters

*Remarks:

   Two basses added in 2002;
   range A,Bb,C,D...C, with pedal for
   bourdon A in C# position.
   New keyboard by Eijsbouts in 2020
   during tower restoration;
   also new automatic system.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C 49/    A G   
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   There is a practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 2002
     with  2 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1975, the instrument was begun with 48 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was A  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C 47/(A) C G   
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S3E   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 21 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   24 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  28 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  35%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The Website of the carillonist (in Dutch) has photos, description and history.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of the tower and a section about the carillon, with a photo of the treble bells and 3 swinging bells.

The Dutch religious wiki page about the old church building has a photo from before the 1958 fire that destroyed all but the walls, including the three church bells.  There is also a photo taken after the fire, before the old church body was removed and the tower restored.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown 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/Noord-Brabant.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/09/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/20