ZEVENAAR : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Raadhuistoren
   Gemeentehuis
   Raadhuisplein at Arnhemseweg
   Zevenaar, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.92842, E 6.07599
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NOTE: Google's overhead photography now shows the roof of the building after removal of the bells and their frame.
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Gemeente Zevenaar
   Kerkstraat 27
   6901 AA  Zevenaar
   T: (0316)595 111
   E: gemeente/@/zevenaar DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Donated to the municipality by the
   Stichting Herbouw Zevenaar and the
   Bouwstichting.
   1 Dec.2015: Removed from roof of old
   town hall to storage at Eijsbouts,
   awaiting a new location.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Transposition is up 15 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1959
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1976
*Links:

A Mapio photo shows the bells in an open frame atop the east side of the building.
Another photo from the same source.

Video of the removal of the bells from the roof of the old town hall. 

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Gelderland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  6-Apr-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/15
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