RIJNSBURG : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   N.H. Grote of St.Laurentiuskerk
   Kerkstraat at Oude Vlietweg
   Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.18950, E 4.44315
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*Carillonist:

   Bas de Vroome
   E: devroome/@/ziggo DOTnl 

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1964, the instrument was begun with 37 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the treble octave
       Transposition was up one octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    ----  
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2019
*Links:

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

The Dutch religious wiki page about the building has a few photos of it, and describes 3 ancient church bells, but does not mention the carillon.

The Wikimedia category for this building has many photos of it.

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 unknown bellfoundries, 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/Zuid Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/10/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2019/06/01
*Photos:

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