DENDERMONDE - H : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Sint-Egidiustoren
   Église Saint-Gilles
   (Sint-Gillis-Binnenkerk)
   Heldenplein
   Dendermonde (Termonde),
     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.02737, E 4.10086
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Racked beside swinging bells;
   contains 9 second-hand P&F bells
   (origin unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 2025
     with 10 bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Prior history:
     In 2018, the instrument was begun with 15 bells
       by Eijsbouts        (except for 9)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D  in the itty-bitty octave
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025
*Links:

A peace carillon page has photos and additional information.

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the church has photos of the building but does not mention these bells.

The second-hand bells from Petit & Fritsen are not indexed.
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillona by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillona by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillona by year of completion.

Index to all peace instruments worldwide.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Oost-Vlaanderen.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 25-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/03/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/08/22
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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