At present, the products of the two van Aerschodt foundries are intermingled in this index.
For an explanation of what this index contains (and does NOT contain), and of the additional details on each entry, see the Bellfoundry Indexes Advice.
HAMBURG - STM : GERMANY-BRD 1??? C [trad] St.Michaelskirche ROESELARE : BELGIUM 1??? F trad Sint Michielskerk VERVIERS - ND : BELGIUM 1??? C (trad) Église Notre-Dame-des-Récollets (O.L.V.-Kerk) LEUVEN - STG : BELGIUM 1829 I trad Sint-Geertruikerk (Abdij) cast by A.-L. vanden Gheyn and A.-L.-J. van Aerschodt HERENTALS : BELGIUM 1843 F trad Stadhuistoren (Belfort) NIEUWPOORT : BELGIUM 1845 R (trad) City carillon O.L.V. Kerk RONSE : BELGIUM 1852 F trad Sint-Hermeskerk (Eglise St.Hermes) DUNKERQUE : FRANCE - 59 1852 C (trad) Beffroi (Tour Église Saint-Eloi) NAMUR : BELGIUM 1857 C trad Cathedrale St.-Aubin LEUVEN - STG : BELGIUM 1857 I trad Sint-Geertruikerk (Abdij) WINGENE : BELGIUM 1858 F trad Sint-Amanduskerk ZOTTEGEM : BELGIUM 1867 I trad City Carillon O.L.V. Hemelvaartkerk (Assumption of Our Lady) BOSTON - 1 : ENGLAND 1867 C [non-trad] St.Botolph Parish Church ("Boston Stump") BOURBOURG : FRANCE - 59 1868 C (trad) Town belfry Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste (St.John's Church) MESPELARE : BELGIUM 1871 C chime St.Aldegondetoren CATTISTOCK : ENGLAND 1872 F [trad] SS.Peter & Paul Parish Church HERTOGENBOSCH - STJ : NETHERLANDS 1874 C (trad) Sint-Janskathedraal (Sint-Jansbasiliek) TOURNAI - B : BELGIUM 1875 I trad Beffroi (Belfort) ROMA : ITALY - RM 1876 C non-trad* S.Paulo intra Muros (St.Paul's within the Walls, American Episcopal) ANTOING : BELGIUM 1877 E trad Tour St.Pierre EATON HALL : ENGLAND -CH 1877 C non-trad (Seat of the Duke of Westminster) Chapel Tower AALST : BELGIUM 1880 R (trad) Stadhuis/Halle/Belfort KORTRIJK - STM : BELGIUM 1880 C trad Sint Maartenskerk PHILADELPHIA - HT : USA - PA 1883 C trad Holy Trinity Church (Episcopal) WIGTON : ENGLAND 1884 C [chime] Highmoor Bell Tower HILLEROD : DENMARK - S 1886 C non-trad Slot (Royal Castle) ABERDEEN - STN : SCOTLAND-AB 1887 F trad Municipal Carillon St.Nicholas' Church LERWICK : SHETLAND IS 1887 F (chime) Town Hall HAMBURG - STN : GERMANY 1888 C (trad) St.Nikolaiturm UTRECHT - D/2 : NETHERLANDS 1888 R trad Upper belfry Domtoren CATTISTOCK : ENGLAND 1899 E [trad] SS.Peter & Paul Parish Church ANTWERPEN : BELGIUM 1904 I trad City carillon (stadsbeiaard) O.L.V. Kathedraal SINT-NIKLAAS : BELGIUM 1904 I trad Belfort, Stadhuis (Waas) LERWICK : SHETLAND IS 1906 R (chime) Town Hall IEPER - B : BELGIUM 1908 C (trad) Halletoren (Belfort) MONS - B : BELGIUM 1911 I trad Belfort (Beffroi) ANTWERPEN-KIEL : BELGIUM 1913 C (trad) Sint Katharinakerk NIVELLES : BELGIUM 1925 F trad Collégiale Ste-Gertrude (St.-Geertruikerk) LIER - STG/1 : BELGIUM 1930 I trad Sint-Gummaruskerk (St.Gommarus) LOS ANGELES - CLA : USA - CA 1931 C non-trad* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (RC) * The original installation, at a different site, had a traditional keyboard.
Three van Aerschodt brothers were grandsons of the last
van den Gheyn bellfounders,
and two of them became bellfounders themselves.
One foundry was operated by A.L.J. van Aerschodt (1814-1888),
as a continuation of the work of his grandfather, who died in 1833.
The other foundry, located in Louvain (Leuven)
was begun in 1851 by Severin van Aerschodt (1819-1885),
and carried on by his son Felix (1870-1943).
Both foundries regularly produced beautiful and excellent castings which were
both famed for their sonority and deplored for their lack of tunefulness.
Source: A.Lehr,
Register of [Dutch-related]
bellfounders (in Dutch only)
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