GERAARDSBERGEN : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Sint Bartholomeuskerk
   Geraardsbergen (Geerardsbergen),
     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.774, E 3.879

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*Player:

   (None appointed)

   Aimé Lombaert, stadsbeiaardier (d.2008)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Old bells by Goes (1428), Grognart
   (1588), Tordeur (1601/32/37), duMery
   (1762), van den Gheyn (1779), de Moor
   (1820), Michiels (1939).  Also
   Slegers (1956), Sergeys (1964).
   In 1939 keyboard, pedal was missing
   low F#,G# of manual.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1981
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1939, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells
       by Michiels    
       (20 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1428, the instrument was begun with 28 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

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

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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 Michiels 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/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 1992/07/17

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