City carillon (stadsbeiaard, #1,2,3)

*Location:

   St. Nicolas Church (Sint-Niklaastoren)
   Bruxelles / Brussel, Brabant, Belgium

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*Remarks:

   De Sany's survey of 1642 showed this
   to be the largest carillon in the
   Low Countries at the time (but there
   is no record of the maker(s)).  It was
   replaced by F.Hemony in 1662; it was
   destroyed by war in 1695.  In 1714, the
   rebuilt tower received 10 basses by
   W.Witlockx and 28 trebles by M. de Haze
   (both of Antwerp); but in July of the
   same year these were destroyed in the
   collapse of the tower.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 41 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1714
     with bells made by the makers cited in Remarks above            
   Prior history:
     In 1662, a complete instrument of 38 bells was installed
       with bells made by Hemony          
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1642, a complete instrument of 38 bells existed,
       by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nB    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hemony bellfoundries.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the de Haze bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/02/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/02/19