Children's carillon

*Location:

   Domtoren (indoors)
   Domplein
   Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.09066, E 5.12132

   1957-2006:
     Disused (replaced), in this tower
   1933-1957:
     Nicolaitoren (see UTRECHT - STN)

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Utrechts Klokkenspel Vereniging
   E: info@klokkenspelvereniging.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Equal temperament.
   Location within tower not yet clear

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     G D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up 14 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2006
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Prior history:
     In 2006, the instrument was begun with 12 bells
       made by Taylor in 1933 for another site
       (12 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

News article (Aug'19): Utrecht Domtoren is undergoing restoration, and will be shrouded in scaffolding for the next few years; to be completed about 2023.

The first phase of this work is indexed from the page for UTRECHT - STN.
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 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/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/03/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/07