MIDDELBURG : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Abdijtoren - "Lange Jan"
   Onder den Toren at Nieuwe Kerkgang
   Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.49975, E 3.61491

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*Player:

   Henk G. van Putten, stadsbeiaardier
   E: henkvputten /@/ hotmail DOTcom

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Thursday 1200-1300;
   Saturday 1100-1200 (mid-May to mid-Sept)

*Remarks:

   Carillon of 1715, the only one
   remaining by Noorden & de Grave, was
   destroyed by war in May 1940.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    A#--  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   25 bells were recast or replaced in 1984
     by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1955, the instrument was begun with 49 bells
       by vanBergen   
       (23 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1897, some bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Taylor      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1714, the instrument was begun with 43 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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 miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundries, 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.Zeeland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 13-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/05/04
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/06/13

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