OUDENAARDE : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Ste.Walburgatoren (or St.Walburgis)
   Markt at St.Walburgastraat
   Oudenaarde (Audenaerde),
     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.84253, E 3.60250

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*Player:

   Lode Schijnkel
   E: lode.schynkel/@/scarlet DOTbe

   Aimé Lombaert, stadsbeiaardier (d.2008)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sunday 1130 and 1615, late June thru
   August.

*Remarks:

   Includes bells by van Aerschodt and
   O.Michaux; part of the old carillon may
   have been taken in WW I.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 19??, some bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Michiels    
     Previously, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
     In 1759, the instrument was begun with 37 bells
       by vandenGheyn 
       (12 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1977

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

*Links:

Page in Dutch with 5 photos of the building and bell tower - all clickable for much larger versions.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Van den Gheyn bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
The second phase of this work being ill-defined, it is not yet indexed.
Where the third 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/Oost-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 1979/08/24

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