*Location:

   St.Vitustoren, "Olle Witte"
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
   Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
   LL: N 53.1466, E 7.0327

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*Carillonist:

   Vincent Hensen
   E: hensenv@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Thursdays 1530-1630

*Remarks:

   G&J carillon, installed by Eijsbouts,
   was stolen in 1943;
   old drum used in new VB instrument.
   P&F expansion used bells cast in 1962 &
   1966 (from where?), and incorporated
   the former swinging bell by Borchardt,
   1773, as the bourdon; the removed vB
   bells now form a demonstration carillon
   in the tower.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    A#--  
   Transposition is up  4 semitone(s), i.e., from C to E 
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1997
     with 34 bells made by Petit & Fritsen 
   Prior history:
     In 1946, the instrument was begun with 37 bells
       by vanBergen   
       (14 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was G  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was: (G )C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1931, a complete instrument of 25 bells was installed
       with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the treble octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was up one octave
       There were no missing bass semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

WCF photo of the tower

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Groningen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/03/14