*Location:

   Sint Gudulatoren (N.H.Kerk)
   Markt
   Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
   LL: N 52.16162, E 6.41574

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*Carillonist:

   Jan-Geert Heuvelman
   E: jgheuvelman@hotmail.com

*Contact:

   St.Gudulakerk
   E: Webform at www.gudula.nu

*Schedule:

   For Wednesday market

*Remarks:

   Paccard carillon stolen 1943. Present
   carillon includes bells by Hendrick
   Wegewaert, including bourdon, 1622.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1976, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       (4 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D  in the middle octave
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1960, the instrument was begun with 43 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       (42 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was G  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     G D   /    ----  
       Transposition was nil (concert pitch)
     In 1905, a complete instrument of 29 bells was installed
       with bells made by Paccard     
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was E  in the middle octave
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M28S5 
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2015

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Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/09/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2015/10/10