*Location:

   Grote Kerkstoren
   Kerkplein
   Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.92210, E 4.25061

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*Carillonist:

   Gerard de Waardt
   E: gerarddewaardt@gmail.com
  - and -
   Jan van der Zwart
   E: jan/@/simpc DOTnl

*Contact:

   Groote Kerk
   Kerkplein 2
   3144 EK  Maasluis
   T: 010-5913958, 010-5913026

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Two swinging basses by van Bergen.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    C --  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1974
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen (except for 2)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S2E   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it, but does not mention the bells.

The Website of the church has a small photo of it on the home page, but barely mentions the carillon.

Where 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.

Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Oct-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/10/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13