380) The church bells of the Sint Plechelmusbasiliek in Oldenzaal after restoration and installation of the new bell! Saturday, May 20, 2023, 12:00 PM 0:00 Intro, barrel organ and hour strike 1:06 Church bell 6 3:33 Church bell 5 5:59 Church bell 4 8:37 Church bell 3 12:21 Church bell 2 15:44 Church bell 1 20:08 Volgelui For the history of the building and the bells, I would like to refer you to the website of the basilica: https://www.plechelmusbasiliek.nl/bei... . The carillonneur had had a wish for years and that was a heavy bass bell for the carillon. At the end of 2020, this bell was cast in a completely traditional way by the Spanish bell founder Portilla with the striking tone b-flat0. See this page for more information: https://www.plechelmusbasiliek.nl/bei... . For the sake of the musicality of the new chime, it was decided to exchange the e1 from the carillon with the f1 from the carillon. This bell was also a swinging bell for a while. It was exchanged in 1949 when the new bells were installed. In fact, the swinging shaft was made for this bell in 1929! How the bells sounded before the restoration: • Oldenzaal, church bells Sint Plechelmu... BELLS → Church bell 1: Plechelmus, Abel Portilla, 2020, 1818 mm, bs0 xPLECHELMUS IS MY NAME x I WAS CAST IN 1513 BY GERARD WOU AND JOHAN SCHONEBORCH AND EXISTED UNTIL 1896 x IN 2020 ABEL PORTILLA CAST ME AGAIN IN VIERNA (CANTABRIA) x I WISH THAT MY VOICE WILL CONNECT MANY GENERATIONS x OLDENZAAL 2020 x THE SMILE OF TWENTE x BOESKOOLSTAD IE DOOT MIE WAT x SCHOLTENHAER FOUNDATION x THE YEAR OF FREEDOM UNITY AND BEING STRONG TOGETHER x + xWORKING TOGETHER DOING TOGETHER x The clock features various decorations, as shown in the photos. → Church bell 2: Maria, Geert van Wou, 1493, 1599 mm, c1 + M * locet * et * C quater ** nonaginta * liget * simul * I * ter * Lector * et * egregie ** struit * in * honore * Marie * Me * wou * gerardi * ingeniosa * manus * Millia * conflata * sunt * ter * fere * quinque * talenta * * In * S et * Maria * Maria → Church bell 3: Beatrix, Eijsbouts-Lips, 1949, 1374 mm, d1 BEATRIX. D357 (emblem and logo Eijsbouts-Lips) 1949 I WAS DONATED TO THE CITY OF OLDENZAAL BY HP GELDERMAN NV IN OLDENZAAL IN 1949, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 700TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY RIGHTS. → Church bell 4: Appolonia, Gillett & Johnston, 1929, 1194 mm, f1 GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, ENGLAND, 1929. APPOLONIA 41 3428 AWC GELDERMAN 21. 6. 1917 → Church bell 5: Henriëtte, Gillett & Johnston, 1929, 1071 mm, g1 GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, ENGLAND, 1929. HENRIETTE 40 3427 HG GELDERMAN 31.10.1918 → Church bell 6: Everdina, Gillett & Johnston, 1929, 966 mm, a1 GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, ENGLAND, 1929. EVERDINA 38 3425 EHB GELDERMAN, 10. 10. 1921 CARILLON The carillon comprises 4 octaves, with the bass bells the Plechelmus, the Maria and the Beatrix. Of the remaining bells, 42 bells were cast by Gillett & Johnston from England in 1929 and 5 bells by Eijsbouts in 1949 and 1965. The pitch range comprises the notes b flat0, c1 and d1 chromatically up to and including c5. Many thanks to: - City carillonneur Hylke Banning and Jan Schwering for their welcome and assistance! - Chardy van Riel @VanRielKlokkenservice, Jesse Oostermann @jessomann9852 and Leander Schoormans @engelbertschoormans for the pleasant atmosphere and the assistance! Making documentation of swinging and carillon bells such as this one is done entirely on our own initiative. However, there are costs involved. If you would like to support this initiative financially, you can do so via the following link: https://whydonate.com/nl/fundraising/...