*Location:

   Sint-Pietersbandenkerk
   (St.Peter-in-chains Church)
   Kerkplein at Tuinstraat
   Lommel, Limburg, Belgium
   LL: N 51.22855, E 5.31454

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*Carillonist:

   Liesbeth Janssens
   E: jliesbeth @ base DOTbe
      jliesbeth@telenet.be

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1400-1500; summer recitals

*Remarks:

   2 bells by M.Michiels Jr., 1955.
   Also 5 peal bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 63 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     A#D   /    A#C 25
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2000
     with bells made by Eijsbouts     (except for 2)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

The Dutch Wikipedia page about this church has a photo of the building and a brief description of the carillon.
Wikipedia page with photo (medium size), clickable for super-large version

Descriptive article (in Dutch, without tower photo) from the VBV (Vlaamse Beiaard Vereniging)

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/Limburg.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/08/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/09/06