*Location: Belfort (Beffroi) Rue des Gades at Rue des Clercs Mons (Bergen), Hainaut, Belgium LL: N 50.45418, E 3.94990
*Carillonist: Bruno Duquesne E: duquesne.bruno/@/free DOTfr - and - Patrice Pollart E: cloches-art.desoignies@hotmail.com - and - Pascalline Flamme E: pascalineflam/@/scarlet DOTbe - and - Audrey Dye E: audreyaucarillon@gmail.com - and - Charles Dairay E: cdairay/@/ch-saint-amand-les-eaux.fr *Contact: (unknown) *Schedule: (unknown) *Remarks: Carillon of 1673 by Delapaix. Some bells by Barbieux (1,1714), Drouot-Bastien (6 or 7,1820-21). In 1925, carillon contained 21 Delapaix bells, 10 by Chevresson, Simon & duForest (1761) and 7 van Aerschodt trebles, total 44. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 47 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is A in the bass octave Transposition is down 3 semitone(s) Keyboard range: C C / C G There are two missing bass semitones There is no practice console 25 bells were recast or replaced in 1934 by Michiels Prior history: In 1911, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells by vanAerschodt (5 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.) In 1673, the instrument was begun with 35 bells by the maker cited in Remarks above (9 bells remain from that work.) Auxiliary mechanisms: MS1 Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1972
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