[Bell Historians] Antwerp

[lauradi@rcn.com [bellhistorians]]

  On of our ringers is also a carillonneur, so I forwarded the question.  This is the answer (passed along with her permission).


I know it sounds G an octave and a half below middle C, so I would guess 
around 5 tons (~100 cwt?), and I am pretty sure it is a modern bell, ie 
20th not 17th century, so likely Eijsbouts? I have a couple photos, but 
not comprehensive ones...all the text I see seems to be the usual " 
$foundername made me in yyyy " stuff in Latin around the crown. So 
possibly no inscription, though again I don't have photos of the whole 
bell.

The source North Americans usually use is towerbells.org , and I think 
there is some basic stuff there. But if the asker can read Dutch or deal 
with Google translate, there is usually lots more info at beiaard.org , 
the website of the Flemish Carillon Society. There are drop-down menus in 
the top right of the page, and one of the links there (De Beiaard -- 
Torens) leads to a list of the carillons in Flanders with linked 
descriptions of most of them. Also, I believe the institution that deals 
with the public-facing stuff related to the Antwerp carillon is the 
Vleeshuis Museum...maybe they have some info, or someone could contact 
them. (The carillon or tower, I can't remember which, is currently having 
work done on it, so nobody can play there at the moment).

Laura Dickerson


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