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*Location:
Upper belfry & cupola Martinitoren Martinikerk (St.Martin's Church) Kreupelstraat at Grote Markt/Waagplein Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands LL: N 53.21918, E 6.56802
*Player:
Adolph Rots, stadsbeiaardier E: adolph.rots @ hetnet DOTnl - and - Auke de Boer, stadsbeiaardier E: agdeboer @ ncrvnet DOTnl
*Contact:
Stichting Martini Beiaard Groningen (Martini Carillon Groningen Foundation) Secretariaat D. van Dyke Chopinlaan 58 9722 KH Groningen T: (050)526 0261 E: dav DOTdyk /@/ hccnet DOTnl - or - Stichting Martinikerk Groningen Martinikerkhof 3 9712 JG Groningen T: 050 311 12 77 F: 050 312 07 98 E: info@martinikerk.nl
*Schedule:
Thu 1200-1300; Sat 1100-1200; quarter tunes from the drum.
*Remarks:
Hour and half-hour bells connected to A#,D# in 1985. Three largest in lower belfry, 2 clock bells below playing cabin, others in lantern; mean-tone tuning; keyboard range F,G,A,A#,c,d..c, with surviving Vanden Gheyn bell G connected to F# key in third octave. Separate church bells in lower belfry (see M/1 under Chimes). Hemony carillon replaced an older carillon (details uncertain), possibly from 1578 by van Trier.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 52 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the bass octave
Transposition is up 1 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: G C 42/ F G 23
The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
is non-standard; see Remarks above.
The instrument was enlarged in 1994
with bells made by Eijsbouts
Prior history:
In 1985, the instrument was enlarged to 51 bells
by Eijsbouts
In 1984, the instrument was enlarged to 49 bells
by Eijsbouts
In 1941, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
by vanBergen
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1788, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
by vdGheyn
(1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1671, the instrument was enlarged to 35 bells
by Hemony
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1662, the instrument was begun with 32 bells
by Hemony
(28 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:
For the WCF Congress 2008, there is an English-language page which describes all of the carillons which are to be visited; this one is also pictured.
Additional links to tower photos can be found on the page about the 12-bell peal in the same tower.
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanden Gheyn bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the fourth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the fifth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the sixth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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.Groningen.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 22-Aug-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/08/02 and on technical data last updated on 2008/05/27
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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