*Location:

   City Hall (Belfort)
   Grote Markt
   Menen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 50.79612, E 3.12050

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*Carillonist:

   Wim Berteloot
   E: wimberteloot@telenet.be

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original bells made in 1611-16 and
   destroyed by fire in 1706.  Next made by
   Ignace de Cock; destroyed in 1793.
   Bass bell by Joseph Simon & Niclaas
   Chevreston, Mons, 1775, for Ledegem;
   brought here in 1796.  New keybd 2001.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C 48/    A#G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1962
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen (except for 1)
   Prior history:
     In 1713, a complete instrument of 34 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1616, a complete instrument of 18 bells was installed
       with bells made by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

The carillonist's Webpage (Dutch/English, very long) has a section on the carillon of Menen, with photos (not clickable) and a brief description.

Photo of the town hall and Belfort

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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/West-Vlaanderen.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Aug-15
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/08/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/03/09