MECHELEN - KB/mobile : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Kon.Beiaardschool "Jef Denyn"
   (Royal Carillon School)
   Sinte-Mettetuin (St.Martin's Garden)
   Schaalstraat
   Mechelen (Malines, Mechlin),
     Antwerpen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.02559, E 4.48018
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*Carillonist:

   (Carillon students)

*Contact:

   Kon.Beiaardschool "Jef Denyn"
   Bruul 52, bte 5
   B-2800 Mechelen
   T: 15 20 47 92  F: 15 20 31 76
   E: beiaardschool/@/mechelen DOTbe

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Semi-permanently located in its own
   pavilion for use by the school.
   Eight practice keyboards available.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C E   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 20__
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  1 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    1 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   2 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021
*Links:

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/Antwerpen.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/06
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/09/30
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