HERENTALS : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Stadhuistoren (Belfort)
   Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.178, E 4.835

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*Player:

   Koen van Assche, stadsbeiaardier   (A)
   Broekstraat 23
   3271 Averbode
   T: 13/78 20 22
   E: BeiaardierKoen@hotmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays 1600-1700, April-September

*Remarks:

   Bourdon by Waghevens, 1533;
   2 bells by Reynauld (Regnault), 1649.
   Unknown which bell was removed in 1994.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was reduced in size in 1994
   Prior history:
     In 1963, the instrument was enlarged to 50 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (43 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1843, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by vanAerschodt
       (4 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

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 the vanAerschodt bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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  5-Jun-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/05/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2009/05/23

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