*Location:

   Maria-Basiliek (OLV-Toren)
   Sint-Jozefstraat
     near Onze Lieve Vrouwstraat
   Oostakker, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.0829, E 3.7632

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells probably in south tower

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1954
     with bells made by Michiels    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

The Dutch Wikipedia page about this building has a photo of it but does not mention these bells.  See the related category page for more photos of the building.

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

Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Belgian non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Oost-Vlaanderen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Nov-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/11/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

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