WAALWIJK : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   former Town Hall
   Raadhuisplein
   Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.69097, E 5.06652
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   Gemeente Waalwijk
   Taxandriaweg 6
   5141 PA  Waalwijk
   T: (0416) 683456
   E: info/@/waalwijk DOTnl

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Major-third bells

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1986
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

Photo showing 18 of the bells visible

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building is brief, but does have a photo of it.

The Waymarking page about this place has a gallery of three photos.

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

Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

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

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/11/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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