*Location:

   Schepenhuis (Stadhuis)
   Markt
   Herzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.88433, E 3.89286

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*Carillonist:

   Bart Eeckhout

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Special occasions only

*Remarks:

   Bells by Horacantus-Eijsbouts;
   Pythagorean tuning. Renovated 1995.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C F   /    C C   
   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 1952
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1972

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 Eijsbouts 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/Oost-Vlaanderen.

   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 1979/08/24