CUYK : NETHERLANDS

   City carillon

*Location:

   South tower
   Martinuskerk
   Kerkstraat
   Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.72885, E 5.88274

   Stadhuistoren

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*Player:

   Marcel Siebers   (A)
   Marienweerd 16
   NL-5431 GL  Cuijk
   T: 485 315 768
   E: siebersbells/@/home DOTnl

   1957-60 Bert van Heukelom
   1960-69 Arie Peters
   1969-75 Pieter van Moergastel
   1975-85 Eerke van der Glas

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Wednesday 1430-1515

*Remarks:

   Original bells cast in 1951,55,56,57.
   At least 2 basses also swing.
   Silent Feb-Jun 2010 during restoration
   of the tower.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D 50/    A#--  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 2006
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1957, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The carillonneur's page about this tower (in Dutch); his Photo page includes bells and keyboards of all his towers plus several others.

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.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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.Noord-Brabant.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Feb-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/01/26

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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