MECHELEN - OLVVH (mobile) : BELGIUM

   Procession carillon (traveling)

*Location:

   Basiliek OLV-van Hanswijk
   Mechelen (Malines, Mechlin),
     Antwerpen, Belgium

Site locator map not applicable.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Used for a procession of Our Lady
   through the city each spring.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 30 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     with bells made by Michiels    
   Year of latest technical information source is 1977

*Links:

A Dutch-language page about the basilica

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels 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 traveling carillons in the world.

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 18-Mar-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

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