*Location:

   Cathédrale St.-Aubin
   Place St-Aubain
   Namur (Namen), Namur, Belgium
   LL: N 50.46457, E 4.85927

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*Carillonist:

   Thierry Bouillet
   E: thierry/@/bouillet DOTbe
      thbouillet@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Tuesday 1100 from Easter to end of
   September

*Remarks:

   Includes 1 by A.-J.vdGheyn (1780),
   5 by Slegers-Causard (1930-52)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up two semitones
   Keyboard range:     F A#42/     A#G  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   33 bells were recast or replaced in 1984
     by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1857, the complete instrument of 47 bells was installed
       with bells made by vanAerschodt
       (8 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

The French Wikipedia article about the building says nothing about the bells.  Two photos in the gallery include the belltower.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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/Namur.

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jul-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/07/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/07/26