*Location:

   St.Laurentiustoren
   N.H.Dorpskerk
   Schoolstraat at Kerkplein
   Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.12503, E 4.44639

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*Carillonist:

   Gijsbert Kok
   E: g.kok22@ziggo.nl

*Contact:

   Sat.1330-1430

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 39 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C# in the treble octave
   Keyboard range: (C )C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up 13 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2007
     with  1 bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 38 bells
       by Eijsbouts    (except for 1)
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1968

The carillonist's Website is under construction.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the town has a paragraph about the history of this church, but no photo of it.

The Dutch religious wiki page about the church has a few photos of it, but does not mention any 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/Zuid Holland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/06/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/06/04