*Location: Northwest tower Sint Servaaskerk (St. Gervase Church) Vrijthof at Het Vagevuur Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands LL: N 50.84880, E 5.68775*Original location (before enlargement): South tower of the choir
*Carillonist: Frank Steijns, stadsbeiaardier E: info@franksteijns.com*Past carillonneur 1952-97 Mathieu Steijns *Contact: Stichting Carillons Maastricht Anjoulaan 23 NL-6213 CT Maastricht T: 043/325 86 34 *Schedule: (unknown) *Remarks: Ancient carillon, hung in central tower, was destroyed by fire in 1955; that tower was not rebuilt. Various other bells hang in 3 other towers of the same church. The van Trier chime of 1555 and the A.J. van den Gheyn carillon of 1770 hung in the central tower of the West Building. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 59 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave Transposition is nil (concert pitch) Keyboard range: C C / ---- There are two missing bass semitones The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown The instrument was enlarged in 1985 with bells made by Eijsbouts Prior history: In 1975, the present instrument was begun with 47 bells by Eijsbouts Pitch of heaviest bell was C in the treble octave Transposition was up one octave In 1767, the previous instrument was enlarged to 40 bells by vandenGheyn (0 bells remain from that work.) Pitch of heaviest bell was F in the middle octave In 1555, the instrument was begun with 19 bells by the maker cited in Remarks above (0 bells remain from that work.) Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1992*Links:
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