DENDERMONDE : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Belfort--Stadhuis/Lakenhal/Town Hall
   Grote Markt
   Dendermonde (Termonde),
     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.03104, E 4.09864

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*Player:

   Marc Van Boven
   E: marc.van.boven/@/skynet DOTbe

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   New carillon includes some bells by
   Sergeys.  Old carillon, destroyed by
   war in 1914, included bells by other
   makers.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1975
     with  9 bells made by Sergeys     
   Prior history:
     In 1949, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Michiels     (except for an unknown number)
     Previously, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1548, the instrument was begun with 15 bells
       by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

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

*Links:

Waymarking page (in Flemish), with 2 photos

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vandenGheyn bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sergeys 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 19-Jan-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/01/15

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