MESPELARE : BELGIUM

*Location:

   St.Aldegondetoren
   Mespelarestraat at Dreef
   Mespelare (Mespelaere),
     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.99644, E 4.06898

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*Player:

   (None appointed)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   7 bells by Du Mery (1770-7).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1871, the instrument was begun with 21 bells
       by vanAerschodt (except for 7)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

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

*Links:

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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/Oost-Vlaanderen.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 18-Feb-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/01/26

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