VENRAY : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   St.Petrus-Bandentoren
   Monseigneur Goumansplein
   Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.52757, E 5.97524
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*Carillonist:

   Rosemary Seuntiëns
   Vugterstraat 184c
   5211 GN  's Hertogenbosch
   H: 73/610 5305   W: 61/500 6470
   F: 84/749 2431
   E: rosemarie.seuntiens@gmail.com 

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1200-1300

*Remarks:

   3 heavy swinging basses by P&F, 1961;
   first 12 Eijsbouts bells cast 1990.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1993
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    (except for 3)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009
*Links:

The Website of the carillonneur is very extensive, with photos, audio and video clips.

The Website of the association for the carillon opens with a long series of photos of and from the tower, one of which shows a single bell in the crossing spire

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.

Where the bass bell of this carillon ranks among all great bells in Europe.

Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Limburg.

*Status:
   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 2009/05/01
*Photos:

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