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
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
Jacob van Eyck
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Jonkheer Jacob van Eyck was a Dutch nobleman, composer and blind musician. He was one of the best-known musicians of the Dutch Golden Age, working as a carillon player and technician, a recorder virtu
The Dom Tower of Utrecht, where Van Eyck was employed as a carillonneur from 1625 until his death
The 2006 Van Eyck memorial in Utrecht's Dom Square