SASEBO - HTB/4 : JAPAN

   Self-propelled carillon

*Location:

   Huis ten Bosch
   Sasebo, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
   LL: N 33.083, E 129.788

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   Huis ten Bosch
   Huis ten Bosch-Cho
   Sasebo City, Nagasaki
   T: 956/27-0526  [Int'l Sales Dept.]
   E: intsales@huistenbosch.co.jp

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /(G) A#--  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1992
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The Huis Ten Bosch [JP] Website

A map of western Kyushu Island (in English) shows the general locations of both Huis Ten Bosch (south of Sasebo City) and Holland Village.

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

Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asian & Pacific Rim traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traveling carillons in the world.

Index to all traditional carillons in JP.

Index to all tower bell instruments in JP.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Nov-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/11/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/15

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