Index to carillons and chimes by Mabilon

The Mabilon foundry has provided bells for at least two known carillons throughout the world.. See the bottom of this page for additional historical notes on the origin and development of this bellfoundry and on the various names used by it.
The sites are listed in order by year of installation (unknown first, in order by city).
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

C = Complete instrument
F = Foundation; originally a complete installation, later expanded
I = Intermediate expansion
E = Final expansion to current state
R = Recast/replaced

Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:

  trad      - carillon with traditional keyboard
  non-trad  - carillon with non-traditional mechanism
  mech?     - carillon with unknown mechanism
  chime     - chime (any mechanism)

Mabilon, Saarburg, Germany

ECHTERNACH - 1                : LUXEMBOURG   1??? C  non-trad
   Basilica of St.Willibrord
SANTIAGO                      : CHILE        1??? C  non-trad
   Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced

Historical Notes:

The Mabilon Bell Foundry (Glockengießerei Mabilon) operated from 1770 to 2002, primarily making German-style swinging bells. Some of these were delivered to the Netherlands via the firm of Hoogen, which was initially located in Amsterdam but moved in 1934 to Duivendrecht. The former Mabilon foundry is now a museum.

Location:

  Glockengießerei Mabilon
  Staden 130
  DE-54439 Saarburg
  
  Tel. 06581 / 23 86

Museum open M-F 0900-1200, 1400-1600

Source: A.Lehr, Register of [Dutch-related] bellfounders (in Dutch only)

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This index page was built from the database on 02-Jul-01 and last updated on 9-Dec-07.

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