*Location:

   Openluchtbeiaard
   Sint-Martinuskerk
   Kerkplein at Dorpstraat
   Burcht, Antwerpen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.20148, E 4.34572

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*Carillonist:

   Ludo Van den Bos
   E: ludo.vandenbos/@/ pandora DOTbe

   1968-81 Jo Haazen
   1982-88 (none)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Renovated by Clock-O-Matic in 2001,
   with new keyboard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1968
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EI    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 (unknown)
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  15 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

Descriptive article (in Dutch, with tower photo) from the VBV (Vlaamse Beiaard Vereniging)

Tower photo

Where 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/Antwerpen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/11/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/11/02