BEAURAING : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Kapel St.Martin (St.Martinus)
   Rue de Rochefort (Hwy.N911)
   Beauraing, Namur, Belgium
   LL: N 50.10878, E 4.95901
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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   (none)
*Past carillonist:
   G. & C. Uolle

*Contact:

   Office du Tourisme de Beauraing
   Rue de Rochefort 38
   B-5570 Beauraing
   T: 082 71 11 40
   E: info/@/beauraingtourisme.be

*Schedule:

   None; disconnected

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 29 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    C C 13
   Transposition is up 17 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1951
     with bells made by Michiels     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1952
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the town has one photo that includes the building, but no further information has been found.

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 traditional carillons in BE.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Namur.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/07/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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