*Location:

   Stadhuistoren
   Meelstraat, near Maarstraat
   Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.65042, E 3.91870

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*Carillonist:

   Janno den Engelsman
   E: jannodenengelsman@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   12 of the bells made by Peter van den
   Gheyn in 1550-54 for this tower are
   now at ZIERIKZEE - Z
   (see under Chimes, below)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 38 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C F   
   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 20__
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1963, the instrument was enlarged to 36 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the treble octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was up one octave
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 1927, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells
       by Taylor      
       (15 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1555, the instrument was begun with 14 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

Photo of Staduis (on left) and Zuidhavenpoort (on right)

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanden Gheyn bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third 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.

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Index to all traditional carillons in Netherlands.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Zeeland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/02/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/01/24