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Peter that Mathias Van den Gheyn delighted to execute those wonderful "morceaux fugues" now at once the delight and the despair of the musical world, upon the fine chime of bells in the tower. This venerable tower was entirely destroyed in the terrible bombardment of the town in 1914.
Possibly these old bells of Annapolis, the secret of whose hiding place Nature guards so well, were made by Van den Gheyn or Hemony of Belgium, who from 1620 to 1650 were such famous founders that those of their works still extant are worth their weight in gold, or priceless, and are noted the world over for their wonderful melody. If so, when they
In company with his associate, Deklerk, arrangements are being made for the founding of a big bell. "Before the cast was made there was no doubt great controversy between the mighty smiths, Deklerk and Van den Gheyn: plans had to be drawn out on parchment, measurements and calculations made, little proportions weighed by fine instinct, and the defects and merits of ever so many bells canvassed.
In the various branches of learning we need mention a few of the greater writers. In astronomy, we find Ricci, Perry, De Vico, Secchi, Curley, Sestini. In mathematics, Hagen, Algué. In archæology, Garucci, Marchi, the master of De Rossi. In Oriental languages, Strassmaier, Harvas, Maas, Van den Gheyn. In theology, Suarez, Vasquez, Toletus, Maldonatus, Franzelin.
This is a sort of keyboard with pedals played by hand and foot, fashioned like a rude piano. The work is very hard, one would think, but I have heard some remarkable results from it. In former times the office of "carilloneur" was a most important position, and, as in the case of the Van den Gheyn family of Louvain, it was hereditary.
"The Great Salvator" bell at Malines, made by Peter Van den Gheyn, cracked eight years after it was hung in the tower . It was recast by De Haze of Antwerp, and existed up to a few years ago surely a good long life for any active bell. In the belfry of St.
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