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*Location:
Upper belfry Domtoren Domplein Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands LL: N 52.09065, E 5.12119
*Player:
Arie Abbenes, stadsbeiaardier E: a/./abbenes /@/ utrecht DOTnl
*Contact:
Utrechtse Klokkenspel Vereniging
E: (via Webform @
www.klokkenspelvereniging.nl)*Schedule:
Sat 1100-1200; Fri 1230-1330 (Apr-Nov); Mon 20-21 (Jul-Aug); special events.
*Remarks:
Original bells by F. & P. Hemony. Extension of 1695 by Melchior de Haze. One Hemony recast by S.vanAerschodt; that and one deHaze recast by Taylor. Two vanBergen basses, added in 1906 to make fully chromatic, were removed in 1952 and are now in the vanBergen bellfoundry museum in Heiligerlee. First Eijsbouts renovation/expansion replaced one Taylor and all deHaze. Second Eijsbouts renovation/expansion replaced all 17 non-Hemony bells. A "lost" Hemony bell was reinstalled in 1997, leaving 16 by Eijsbouts. Drum by Jurriaen Spraeckel, c.1666; modified in 20th c. For the ring in lower belfry of same tower (D/2), see under 'Chimes' below.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 50 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A in the bass octave
Transposition is down 1 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: (G )A#C / ----
There are two missing bass semitones
1 bells were recast or replaced in 1997
by the maker cited in Remarks above
Prior history:
In 1974, the instrument was enlarged to its present size
with bells made by Eijsbouts
(16 bells remain from that work.)
In 1952, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
by Eijsbouts
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1929, some bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Taylor
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1906, the instrument was enlarged to 44 bells
by vanBergen
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1888, some bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by vanAerschodt
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1695, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1664, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
by Hemony
(34 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:
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 miscellaneous bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanAerschodt bellfoundries,
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 Taylor 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 seventh phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
The final phase being the reinstallation of an old bell, it is not indexed.
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.Utrecht.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 14-May-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/05/04 and on technical data last updated on 1995/06/13
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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