HILVARENBEEK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   R.K.Kerk St.Petrus-Banden
   (St. Peter in Chains)
   Vrijthof
   Hilvarenbeek, N.Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.48516, E 5.13625

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Old chime, which included 14 bells by
   P&F (date unknown), presumed lost in
   WW I.  G&J bells installed by Eijsbouts

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1949
     with bells made by vanBergen    (except for 1)
   Prior history:
     In 1928, a complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by G & J       
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     Previously, the instrument was begun with 19 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen     (except for 5)
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1966

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

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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 second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries, 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 30-Mar-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/03/14

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