*Location:

   Sint Martinuskerk
   Korenmarkt
   Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.25363, E 5.70693

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*Carillonist:

   Frank Steijns, stadsbeiaardier
   E: info@franksteijns.com

*Contact:

   Beiaardcomité St.Martinus Weert
   Postbus 282
   NL-6000 AG  Weert

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Eijsbouts recast bass bell, itself a
   P&F recasting of Alexius Jullien bell.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 2018
     by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1996, the instrument was enlarged to 49 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1992, the instrument was enlarged to 39 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1959, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
       (34 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was G  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    NONE  
       Transposition was up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
       There were two missing bass semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The carillon has its own Website (in Dutch).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
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Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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.

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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Limburg.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/12/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/12/31