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Stadsbeiaard (city carillon)
*Location:
West tower Sint-Pieterskerk (St.Peter's Church) Grote Markt Leuven (Louvain), Brabant, Belgium LL: N 50.879, E 4.701
*Player:
Koen van Assche & Eddy Mariën,
joint city carillonneurs
E: beiaardierkoen @ hotmail DOTcom
eddymarien @ pandora DOTbe*Contact:
(unknown)
*Schedule:
Saturday 1500-1600; Sunday 1200-1300
*Remarks:
Original chime of 8 or 9 bells, cast by P.Waghevens, was enlarged by others; totally replaced by A.-F. vanden Gheyn; mostly replaced by N.Noorden & J.A. deGrave in 1705-14. All were located in the central tower and were destroyed by war 25-26 Aug 1914. C. & F. Sergeys installed new carillon in west tower 1931-35. All but one were taken away in 1944 (WW II), but 37 were recovered in 1945; finally restored in 1961 by F.Sergeys. Tower also contains church-owned peal of 4.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 49 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is B in the bass octave
Transposition is up 1 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: A#C / A#G
There are two missing bass semitones
1 bells were recast or replaced in 1990
by Eijsbouts
Prior history:
In 1961, 21 bells were recast or replaced
with bells made by Sergeys
(21 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1935, the instrument was enlarged to 49 bells
by Sergeys
(27 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1728, the instrument was enlarged to 42 bells
by vdGheyn
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1714, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 15__, the instrument was enlarged to 29 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
In 1525, the instrument was begun with 8 bells
by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:
The carillonneur's Website (in Dutch and Catalan) is shared with his wife, and details their artistic endeavors together.
Local association article (and alternate URL)
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Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanden Gheyn bellfoundry,
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Where the fifth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sergeys bellfoundry,
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and in the world.
Where the sixth phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Sergeys 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/Vlaamse Brabant.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 25-Feb-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/02/19 and on technical data last updated on 2008/02/19
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