Carillon Munttoren

Carillon of the Munt Tower in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. December 20th, 2008 City Carillonneur Gideon Bodden playing his “Inleiding, Lied en Blues op Good King Wenceslas“. The Carillon of the Munttoren was made in 1668 by Pieter Hemony, who used the bells of the former carillon at the Stock Exchange Tower, which instrument was cast in 1651 by François & Pieter Hemony. Pieter Hemony enlarged the range of bells with 6 new bass bells, and modified the ground of the mean tone tuning from C# to F#. Of the original 33 Hemony bells, today only the 13 largest are still functioning. The 25 smaller bells are modern products. The range of bells is C#1 (1900 kg) - F#1 - G#1 - A#1 - chromatically G#4, and they are tuned in 1/4’ mean tone tuning. Weekly live carillon concerts at the Munt Tower in Amsterdam: Saturday 14:00 by Gideon Bodden. List of Bells: C#1 Pieter Hemony (1668) (low G to the keyboard) F#1 Pieter Hemony (1668) G#1 Pieter Hemony (1668) A#1 Pieter Hemony (1668) B1 François Hemony (1659) C2 Pieter Hemony (1668) C#2 François & Pieter Hemony (1651) D2 Pieter Hemony (1668) D#2 François & Pieter Hemony (1651) E2 François & Pieter Hemony (1651) F2 François & Pieter Hemony (1651) F#2 Eijsbouts, 1993 G2 Eijsbouts, 1993 G#2 Eijsbouts, 1993 A2 Pieter Hemony (1668) A#2 Eijsbouts, 1993 B2 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 C3 François & Pieter Hemony (1651) C#3 Eijsbouts, 1993 D3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 D#3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 E3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 F3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 F#3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 G3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 G#3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 A3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 A#3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 B3 Petit & Fritsen, 1959 C4 Eijsbouts, 1993 C#4 Eijsbouts, 1993 D4 Eijsbouts, 1993 D#4 Eijsbouts, 1993 E4 Eijsbouts, 1993 F4 Eijsbouts, 1993 F#4 Eijsbouts, 1993 G4 Eijsbouts, 1993 G#4 Eijsbouts, 1993