VUGHT : NETHERLANDS

*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
   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 1956, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D# in the middle octave
       Transposition was up  3 semitone(s)
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       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
*Links:

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

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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/Noord-Brabant.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/02/01
*Photos:

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