Mobile carillon Frank Steijns

*Location:

   Museum Klok & Peel
   Ostaderstraat near Rootweg
   Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.40348, E 5.73363

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*Former home town (2006-2019):

   Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Museum Klok & Peel
   Ostaderstraat 23
   5721 WC Asten
   T: 0493-691865   F: 0493-697079
   E: info@museumklokenpeel.nl
   - or - 
   Frank Steijns
   E: info@franksteijns.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells hung in three movable racks;
   baton keyboard with touch-sensitive
   electric remote action.
   Original bells stolen in Dec.2009.
   Formerly traveled worldwide with
   Andre Rieu Orchestra;
   now on permanent loan to the Museum.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2011
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 2006, a complete instrument of 41 bells was installed
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  1 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    1 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   2 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

The owner's page about these bells

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 final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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.
As a hybrid carillon, this is indexed as both traditional and non-traditional.
Ranking among all Netherlands non-raditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all hybrid carillons in the world.

Index to all traveling carillons in the world.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord-Brabant, including the other four at this museum.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/06
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/08/22