*Location:

   Sint-Amanduskerk
   Kerkplein
   Wingene (Wynghene),
     West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.05803, E 3.27832

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Parochie Sint-Amandus
   c/o Danny Vandenbroucke
   Molenstraat 10
   8750 Wingene
   T: 051/65.75.93
   E: kosterdanny@skynet.be

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original carillon partly destroyed
   in 1914.  Michaux bells dated 1924, but
   not installed until 1926; bourdon then
   reported as G.  Marcel Michiels jr.
   recast 3d-heaviest bell in 1937.
   Eijsbouts recast 10 Michaux bells and
   6 Van Aerschodt bells, and retuned the
   remainder.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#C   /    A#G   
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2011
     with 28 bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 1937,  1 bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Michiels    
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was G  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    C F   
       Transposition was up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
     In 1924, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells
       by Michaux     
       (7 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1858, the instrument was begun with 33 bells
       by vanAerschodt
       (13 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2021

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanAerschodt bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michaux bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third 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/West-Vlaanderen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/12/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/12/07