*Location:

   Sint-Pieter en Pauwel
   (St.-Petrus en Pauluskerk)
   Markt
   Mol, Antwerpen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.18434, E 5.11592

   Elevator to bell chamber (added 1967)

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*Carillonist:

   Jasper Depraetere, gemeentebeiaardier
   E: jasper.depraetere@gemeentemol.be

   1951-91 Frans Vos
   1991-2024 Carl van Eyndhoven

*Contact:

   Gemeente Mol
   T: 014 27 24 00
   E: 2400@gemeentemol.be

*Schedule:

   Tuesday 1100-1200; also in summer
   (end Jun to end Aug) Saturday 2000-2100
   Quarters = local tunes

*Remarks:

   Original lightweight voorslag, cast by
   M.Michiels Sr.; taken in 1944 but
   returned after WW II.; all melted when
   carillon was made by M.Michiels Jr.
   1966-67 expansion added 2 basses and
   replaced 14 trebles (now in museum)
   with 12 new trebles, changing transpo-
   sition by a whole tone.
   New European standard keyboard, 1991.
   Swinging bells are c1,d1,e1,f1.
   Original quarters by drum superseded
   by electro-pneumatic autoplay thru the
   carillon console.
   Museum in tower, expanded 1991, holds
   old Denyn style keyboard by Somers;
   also the replaced trebles, played by
   original drum for demonstrations.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 48/    A#G   
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1966
     with 14 bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Prior history:
     In 1951, the instrument was begun with 49 bells
       by Michiels        
       (35 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     A#C   /    A#G   
       Transposition was up  2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
     In 1928, a complete instrument of 10 bells was installed
       with bells made by Michiels        
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: ES4   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1966

Descriptive article (in Dutch, with tower photo) from the VBV (Vlaamse Beiaard Vereniging)

The Dutch Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of the tower, and mentions the carillon and the tower museum.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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.

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/05/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/05/09