City carillon

*Location:

   't Heike Toren (Heikesetoren)
   R.K.Kerk St.Dionysius
   (Sint-Dionysiuskerk)
   Oude Markt
   Stadhuisstraat at Stadhuisplein
   Heike district
   Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.55772, E 5.08484

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*Carillonist:

   Carl Van Eyndhoven
   T: 0032 476 337 330
   E: carl.v.e @ skynet DOTbe

   1966-87 Arie Abbenes

*Contact:

   Stichting Vrienden van de Tilburgse
     Beiaard
   Rudi Klumpkens
   T: 06-5421 4503
   E: info/@tilburgsebeiaard DOTnl
      rudiklumpkens@gmail.com
   - or -
   Parochie De Goede Herder
   Centraal secretariaat
   Broekhovensweg 2
   5021 LE  Tilburg
   T: 013-7200970
   E: info@parochiedegoedeherder.nl
   - or -
   St.Dionysiuskerk
   Stadhuisstraat 6
   5038 VA  Tilburg
   T: 013-5423914
   E: heike@parochiedegoedeherder.nl

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1500-1600;
   also Fridays May-Sep (flexible time)

*Remarks:

   Two heaviest bells (which swing) are
   in lower belfry, with 3 others
   not part of the carillon, all by
   P&F (1950).
   Museum in the tower.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range: (G )A#C   /    A#G   
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1979
     with  1 bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Prior history:
     In 1966, the instrument was begun with 49 bells
       by Eijsbouts        (except for 2)
       There were three missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W2    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

The Website of the combined parish has a page for this church, with a photo of it, but there is no history of the buildings nor mention of the bells.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the church has photos of it, but does not mention these bells.

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

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/05/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/05/12