*Location:

   Sint Willibrordustoren
   (town center)
   Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.28067, E 4.05417

   1959-69 (2 octaves):
     Jaarbeurs (Royal Neth. Fairgrounds)
     Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
   1958 (2 octaves):
     Dutch Pavilion
     World's Fair, 1958
     Bruxelles / Brussel, Brabant, Belgium

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*Carillonist:

   Sergej Gratchev
   - and -
   Elena Sadina
   E: elena.sadina /@/ pandora DOTbe

   Marie-Jeanne Moerdijk-Vanderswalm

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   P.Hemony carillon destroyed with tower
   in 1876.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1969
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   Prior history:
     In 1958, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1669, a complete instrument of 28 bells was installed
       with bells made by Hemony          
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: NE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is unknown

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 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).
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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Zeeland.

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/05/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/03/14