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City carillon (stadsbeiaard)
*Location:
O.L.V. Kathedraal
Handschoenmarkt
Antwerpen (Anvers, Antwerp),
Antwerpen, Belgium
LL: N 51.22056, E 4.40062
*Player:
Geert D'hollander, stadsbeiaardier Heidestraat 6 9250 Waasmunster T: 052/232 01 03 E: klokkenist @ hotmail DOTcom - and - Linda De Schepper, adj.-beiaardier
*Contact:
VVV-Antwerpen Grote Markt 40 2000 Antwerpen T: 03/232 01 03
*Schedule:
Fridays 1130-1230; Mondays Jul-Aug 2100-2200; Sundays May-Sep 1500-1600
*Remarks:
The chime of 1540 combined 5 old bells with 12 new ones by C.Waghavens of Mechelen, with clavier and drum. Various later additions (totalling 31 by 1648) were replaced by F.&P. Hemony in 1655. F.Hemony added 4 plus the old "Gabriel" storm- and hour-bell (by J.&W. Hoerken, 's Hertogenbosch, 1459) in 1658. Bells of 1751/67 (3 added) by du Mery. "Gabriel" was the bourdon of the 1904 carillon, and remains. Tower also contains 8 swinging bells belonging to the Cathedral; some were part of a church-owned carillon which was largely moved to Hoogstraten (q.v.) in 1957.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 49 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is G in the bass octave
Transposition is down 3 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: --C / A#--
There are two missing bass semitones
The instrument was enlarged in 1990
with 2 bells made by Eijsbouts
Prior history:
In 1972, 10 bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Eijsbouts
(10 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1951, some bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Michiels
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1904, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
by vanAerschodt
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1767, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1658, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
by Hemony
(4 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1655, the instrument was enlarged to 32 bells
by Hemony
(36 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1540, the instrument was begun with 17 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:
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 the Hemony bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the fourth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the fifth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanAerschodt bellfoundries,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the sixth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the seventh 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 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/Antwerpen.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 12-Mar-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/02/20 and on technical data last updated on 2008/02/20
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