IEPER - B : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Halletoren (Belfort)
   Grote Markt
   Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.85106, E 2.88544

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*Player:

   Ludo Geloen
   E: ludo.geloen/@/telenet DOTbe
   - and -
   Geert Stubbe

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    A#--  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1962
     with 22 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1934, the instrument was begun with 36 bells
       by Michiels    
       (27 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1972

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

*Links:

Page in Dutch with several current and historical photos of the building and tower - all clickable for much larger versions.

Where the initial 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 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/West-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 1979/03/13

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