SCHOONHOVEN : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Stadhuistoren
   Schoonhoven, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.942, E 4.853

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*Player:

   Gideon Bodden
   - and -
   Boudewijn Zwart   (A)
   E: boudewijnzwart /@/ planet DOTnl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Wednesday 1130, Saturday 1000

*Remarks:

   The 37 AJvdG bells now in the tower
   (variously dated from 1767 to 1777)
   include one removed from Nijkerk in
   the 1961 restoration and 5 which
   survived the 1955 fire in the central
   tower of Maastricht-STS.
   Mean-tone tuning.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 1963
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1775, the instrument was begun with 38 bells
       by vdGheyn     
       (37 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

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

*Links:

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 the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanden Gheyn 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.Zuid-Holland.

*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 1992/01/15

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