AALST : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Stadhuis/Halle/Belfort
   Grote Markt at Kattestraat
   Aalst (Alost), Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.93851, E 4.03854

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*Player:

   Kristiaan Van Ingelgem
   -and-
   Petro de Smedt

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   New bells by Horacantus-Eijsbouts.
   Old bells by J. duMery,
   van Aerschodt, Causard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 52 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    G --  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1960
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     Previously, the instrument was enlarged to 48 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
     In 1750, the instrument was begun with 38 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1972

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

Page in Dutch with 2 photos of the bell tower and others of the building - all clickable for much larger versions.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world. Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world. Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in BE.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Oost-Vlaanderen.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Feb-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07

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