*Location:

   former Heilige Joannes de Doperkerk
   Hertogstraat near Sint Janstraat
   Sprundel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.53797, E 4.60134

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*Contact:

   Parochie Heilige Joannes de Doper
   Hertogstraat 1
   4714 BZ  Sprundel
   T: 0165-382214
   E: pk.sprundel@sintfranciscusparochie.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Building purchased in 2015 by
   Thuisvelder housing association and
   converted into multifunctional
   accomodations.
   Parish office remains here.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1949
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of the tower, which was restored in 1954.

The parish Website opens with a photo of the building, and has a long History page, but these bells are not mentioned.

The English Wikipedia article about the town reports that it is now part of the municipality of Rucphen.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Netherlands chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord-Brabant.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Apr-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/03/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07