TOURNAI - STB : BELGIUM

*Location:

   Eglise St.Brice
   Rue de Pont (N7), Place Clovis
   Tournai (Doornik), Hainaut, Belgium
   LL: N 50.60804, E 3.39470
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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   The old carillon, in which most bells
   were by Waghevens, was destroyed at
   an unknown date (before 1970?).
   There were at one time 11 carillons
   in this town; by 1925, only 2 remained.
   Others were at Cathedral, Atheneum,
   St.Jacques, St.Jean Baptiste,
   Ste.Marie Madeleine, Ste.Marguerite,
   St.Martin, St.Nicaise, St.Piat,
   St.Quentin seminary.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1987
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1570, the complete instrument of 27 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above (except for 3)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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/Hainaut.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 15-Mar-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/03/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17
*Photos:

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