*Location:

   Sint Lambertustoren
   Helvoirtseweg near Dorpstraat
   Vught, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.66060, E 5.29810

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*Carillonist:

   Peter Bremer
   E: P.J.J.Bremer@gmail.com

*Contact:

   Protestantse Gemeente en Vught
   De Lambertuskerk
   *parcel:
     Helvoirtseweg 5
     5261 CA Vught
   *postal:
     Postbus 168
     5260 AD Vught
   T: 073-657 1373
   E: info@lambertuskerkvught.nl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Taylor carillon ordered 1934, done by
   1936; bass 2-2-15, 23"; lost in WW II.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   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 1956, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D# in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1936, a complete instrument of 25 bells was installed
       with bells made by Taylor      
       (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 2012

The photo page of the church Website has a picture of the freestanding tower and one of the church body.

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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

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   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/02/01