Carillon itinérant Reine Fabiola

*Location:

   Carillons montois ASBL
   (was: Association Catiau Montois
     et Carillons de Mons)
   Mons (Bergen), Hainaut, Belgium
   LL: N 50.454, E 3.953

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*Carillonist:

   Patrice Poliart
   E: cloches.art.desoignies@gmail.com

*Contact:

   Carillons montois ASBL
   Rampe Sainte-Waudru 4
   B-7000 Mons
   T: 475 42 24 02
   E: contact/@/cirf.be

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Permanently mounted on a trailer.
   At least 4 medium bells have electric
   action.  Renovated in 2025.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /    A#G   
   Transposition is up one octave
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1988
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  2 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    2 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   3 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

A WCF page has a photo and details.

The ARPAC Website presents much more detail (all in French) than we can here; presumably they list this instrument because it travels to France.

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 traveling carillons in the world.

Index to all traditional carillons in BE.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Hainaut.

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/05/13
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/05/13