BARNEVELD - OK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Oude Kerk in Garderen
   Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.141, E 5.584

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*Player:

   Boudewijn Zwart   (A)
   T: (0182)387079 
   E: boudewijnzwart @ planet DOTnl

*Contact:

   De Barneveldse Beiaard
   Secretariat
   Noordersingel 60
   NL-3781 XK Voorthuizen
   E: j_otto @ barneveld DOTnl
   E: goutsreunis @ planet DOTnl

*Schedule:

   Fri 9-10, alternate weeks

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon, by P&F, is church bell.
   Tuned to "Bachstemming" of Prof.Lehman.
   Equipped with "Carillair" electro-
   pneumatic auxiliary action at clavier.
   Keyboard, transmission & automatics
   all from Het Molenpad Expertise.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 44 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up 21 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     --D 43/(C) C --  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2006
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    (except for 1)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

The Website of the association "The Barneveld Carillon" (in Dutch) covers all three instruments in this town.

The Website of Boudewijn Zwart (in Dutch/English) has a description (and sometimes also a photo) of each of the carillons which he plays (see Towers).

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL:Gelderland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Apr-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/04/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/03/14

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