LEDE : BELGIUM

*Location:

   St.Maartenstoren
   Markt
   Lede, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.96619, E 3.97791
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*Carillonist:

   Patrick Stevens

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1952-55; in mobile carillon
   at Brussels Worlds Fair in 1958,
   bought by P&F and later sold to Lede.
   Also 3 swinging bells by P&F, 1962-63.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C .. 1
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     with bells made by Michiels     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012
*Links:

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 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/Oost-Vlaanderen.

*Status:
   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 2012/11/02
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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