FILIPSBURG - G : NED.ANTIL.

*Location:

   Government House
   Filipsburg (Philipsburg), 
     Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

*Contact:

   The Lieutenant Governor 
   Government Administration Building 
   Clem Labega Square 
   Philipsburg, St.Maarten 
   F: (599)5-24884 
   - or - 
   St.Maarten Tourist Office 
   T: 1-800-STMAARTEN 
   - or - 
   Government Information Service 
   T: (599)542-2119 / 543-1162 / 542-2139 
   F: (599)543-1169 / 543-7513 
   E: gis@sintmaarten.net

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1968
     with bells made by P & F       
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

*Links:

An official tourist office page on Philipsburg shows the Courthouse, which may be where this carillon is located. Another picture of the same building is on the home page of the Government Information Service.

A city locator map.
A tourist map of the island isat the bottom of this page.

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

Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).

Ranking among all Central and South American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all non-traditional carillons in AN.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Jul-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/07/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1978/12/19

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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