*Location: Abdijtoren - "Lange Jan" Onder den Toren at Nieuwe Kerkgang Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands LL: N 51.49975, E 3.61491
*Carillonist: Janno den Engelsman E: jannodenengelsman@gmail.com *Contact: (unknown) *Schedule: Thursday 1200-1300; Saturday 1100-1200 (mid-May to mid-Sept) *Remarks: Carillon of 1715 was the only one remaining by Noorden & de Grave. Taylor recast 3 bells (bass and two much smaller). All was destroyed by war in May 1940, but the G0 peal bell survived to become the basis for the A.H.Vanbergen carillon, which was cast in 1950 but not installed until 1955. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 49 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is G in the bass octave Transposition is down 3 semitone(s) Keyboard range: --C / A#-- There are two missing bass semitones 25 bells were recast or replaced in 1984 by Eijsbouts Prior history: In 1955, the complete instrument of 49 bells was installed by vanBergen (23 bells remain from that work.) In 1897, some bells were recast or replaced with bells made by Taylor (0 bells remain from that work.) In 1714, a complete instrument of 43 bells was installed by the maker cited in Remarks above (1 bells remain from that work.) Auxiliary mechanisms: E Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1992
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