Le Carillon du Mont des Arts
*Location:
Dynastiepaleis Mont des Arts / Kunstberg Bruxelles / Brussel, Brabant, Belgium LL: N 50.84461, E 4.35695*Former location (19??-64):
(Unknown)*Original location (1958-??):
Brussels World's Fair
*Contact:
Palais de la Dynastie pl. des Palais 7 B 1000 Bruxelles T: 02 511 55 78
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Hour bell with jacquemart on roof edge, above a large clock face and 12 figurines of historic or folkloric significance to Brussels; 11 bells visible below. Missing A#,D#,G#. Also reported as 25 bells.
*Technical data:
Electric-automatic carillon of 24 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G in the middle octave
Transposition is up 10 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: (G )A A / NONE
There are two missing bass semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1964
with bells made by Paccard
Year of latest technical information source is 1966
*Links:
Night photo, with clock and clock-jack illuminated, and mention of the origin of the clock
Another view, showing clearly the hour bell on the roof
The monarchy Website
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by year of completion.
Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Brussels.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 11-Apr-10 based on textual data last updated on 2010/02/20 and on technical data last updated on 2010/01/26
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