*Location: Sint Pieterskerk Grote Markt Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium LL: N 51.32310, E 4.94838
*Carillonist: Koen van Assche, stadsbeiaardier (A) Broekstraat 23 3271 Averbode T: 13/78 20 22 E: BeiaardierKoen@hotmail.com*Past carillonneur: Jul de Waele *Contact: (unknown) *Schedule: Monday 2000 mid-May to mid-September; otherwise Sunday 1130. *Remarks: Bells by van den Gheyn, du Mery, Johnston, Sergeys, Plumere, J.B.Gaulard. Part of the old instru- ment may have been taken in WW I. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 52 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown Transposition is unknown Keyboard range: ---- / ---- 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 1980, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells by Eijsbouts Pitch of heaviest bell was E in the middle octave In 1924, the instrument was enlarged to 38 bells by the maker cited in Remarks above Pitch of heaviest bell was A in the middle octave Transposition was up 9 semitone(s) Keyboard range was: C D / C F There was one missing bass semitone In 1775, the instrument was begun with 35 bells by vandenGheyn Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1991*Links:
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