Pieter and François Hemony
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Pieter Hemony and his brother François Hemony were the greatest bellfounders in the history of the Low Countries. They developed the carillon, in collaboration with Jacob van Eyck, into a full-fledged musical instrument by casting the first tuned carillon in 1644.
The foundry of the Hemony brothers in Amsterdam; on the corner of Keizersgracht/Leidsegracht, around 1660
The Hemony carillon of the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam was installed in 1656
Wijnhuistoren, Zutphen
Nieuwe Toren in Kampen just after the restoration in 2011
Keizersgracht
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The Keizersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the second of the three main Amsterdam canals that together form the Grachtengordel, or canal belt, and lies between the inner Herengracht and outer Prinsengracht.
Huidenstraat - Runstraat bridge over Keizersgracht, Negen Straatjes, July 2019
Keizersgracht is between the outer Prinsengracht and the inner Herengracht and Singel
Keizersgracht 54-62, with ice fun on the frozen canal
Keizersgracht 177, the Coymans houses in 2008