HASSELT : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Sint Quintinuskathedraal
   Kortstraat at Vismarkt
   Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
   LL: N 50.92980, E 5.33849

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*Player:

   Jan Verheyen
   E: jan.verheyen/@/fulladsl DOTbe
   - and -
   Kenneth Theunissen
   E: flikenkat/@/hotmail DOTcom

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Old bells by A.Bernard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 54 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1982
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1971, the instrument was enlarged to 51 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1752, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (30 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1728, the instrument was begun with an unknown number of bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (12 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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

*Links:

Page in Dutch with 4 photos of the tower plus many of the rest 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 the Van den Gheyn bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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/Limburg.

*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 2010/01/26

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