OOSTERBEEK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   Raadhuistoren
   General Urquhartlaan
   Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.98861, E 5.84215
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*Carillonist:

   Michiel Vanhoecke
   E: michielvanhoecke/@/live DOTnl
*Former carillonist:
   c.1975 Daan Vanhoecke

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1974
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1966, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the city does not mention this building.

A peace carillon page has photos and additional information.

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

Index to all peace carillons worldwide.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Gelderland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/03/07
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