*Location:

   Gemeentehuis (Town Hall)
   Onderdoor at Weerwolfseind
   Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.03434, E 5.16674

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*Contact:

   Gemeente Houten
   *parcel:
     Onderdoor 25
     3995 DW  Houten
   *postal:
     Postbus 30
     3990 DA  Houten
   T: (030)63 92 611   F: (030)63 92 899
   E: gemeentehuis/@/houten DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Major-third bells

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1987
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

Photo of the building

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a different photo of the tower, but barely mentions the carillon in it.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional 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 tower bell instruments in NL/Utrecht.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Apr-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07