St. Catherine Church in Gdansk caught fire during renovations to the roof and has practically burned down! In Geert's sms-ed words: "Byebye carillon :-(". What an incredible disaster... for the World Carillon Federation Congress this summer, and for all the Polish students who are or have been studying at the Nederlandse Beiaardschool. It may suck for the Congress attendees, but the Polish carillonneurs will bear the brunt of the disaster... another calamity following on the heels of Portugal. Slightly eerie as I just read while cramming for campanology about two or three carillon towers that were struck by lightning in Lehr's The Art of the Carillon in the Low Countries (Lier's St.-Gummaruskerktoren was hit thrice before they rebuilt the crown in stone rather than wood). The St. Catherine's Church carillon was the city's pride until it was destroyed by a lightning fire in 1905. And 101 years later, some renovation company has hell to pay.
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that's tragic.. will they ever replace carillon[ tower]s that burn down?
btw dude if you email me your address i'll send you a long-promised listening CD (since this method of contact is evidently more reliable than email ;))
Fortunately, it looks like the carillon's okay - I got a posting from Adrian Gebruers that it was fine.
Still, a tragic loss of a historical landmark.
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