ROOSENDAAL : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   St.Janstoren
   (Sint Johannes De Doperkerk)
   Markt at Raadhuisstraat
   Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.53339, E 4.45691
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*Carillonist:

   Toni Raats
   E: raats3sprong/@/kpnmail DOTnl

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bass bell of carillon is also one of
   four church bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1966
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1968
*Links:

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has two photos of the tower, but the bells are not mentioned.

The Dutch religious wiki page about the building has several photos that show the tower.  The four church bells are described; one of them is also the bass bell of 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.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Noord-Brabant.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Jun-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20
*Photos:

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Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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