*Location:

   O.L.V.-Toren
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
   Voorstraat at Korte Kerkstraat
     and Molenstraat
   Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.99237, E 5.09313

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*Carillonist:

   (none appointed)

   c.1992 Ria van Viegen-Pieffers
   ?-? Sjoerd van Geuns
   ?-? Teus den Breejen

*Contact:

   Stichting "De Grote Klok"
   Buizerdlaan 10
   4131 CS  Vianen
   E: info/@/klokkenluidersgildevianen.nl

*Schedule:

   Auto quarters

*Remarks:

   In 2002, Vianen was transferred from
   Zuid Holland to Utrecht in
   a governmental reorganization.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up 10 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G G 37/    C D   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1967
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1969

Tower photo

Another tower photo

The Dutch religious wiki page about the church has some photos of the tower, and describes old church bells but not the carillon.

On the church Website, the Contact page has a photo of the tower.

The Website of the bellringers guild of Vianen (in Dutch) has a page about the tower as well as one about the three church bells and the carillon.  Since 1998, computer auto for quarter tunes; previously a drum.  Keyboard above the carillon bells, which are above the swinging bells.  A "Foto/Video" page includes a video of the carillon being played.

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/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 27-Sep-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/09/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2019/06/01