*Location:

   Belfort
   Stadhuis
   Grote Markt
   Diksmuide (Diksmude, Dixmude),
     West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
   LL: N 51.03364, E 2.86459

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

   Jozef Vanblaere

*Contact:

   Stad Diksmuide
   Grote Markt 6
   8600 Diksmuide
   T: 051 5191 51
   E: marie.herman@stad.diksmuide.be

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Building constructed 1923;
   former building destroyed in WW I.
   3-octave clavier.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 30 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C C 11
   Transposition is up 16 semitone(s), i.e., from C to E 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1935
     with bells made by Michiels     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1952

The Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the city hall.

The city Website (in Dutch) does not mention the carillon.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels 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 2015/08/05
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13