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The Hemony carillon - the carillon - at Middelstum is considered one of the finest Hemony carillons in the world. Of the 30 instruments preserved by the Hemony brothers, the one at Middelstum is the most intact. The 17th-century carillon should be thought of as a duality. That instrument consisted of a playing drum for the forewarning of the hour strike (voorslagh) and the hand chime as the crowning of the instrument (beyerwerck). Exceptionally, Middelstumer Hemony bells were executed with lion heads. From a certain size onwards, Hemony bells no longer have a crown but a suspension eye with eagle heads on either side. In Middelstum, these are lion heads. On 24 and 25 February 1943, the bells were removed from the tower to be melted down for the war industry. Although the plan was to hide the bells, this failed and the carillon was taken away earlier than originally thought. Nevertheless, it could be recovered in Giethoorn after the war. On 24 April 1946, the bells were festively returned. In 1949, the hand chime was restored. On 22 June 1949, it was played again for the first time.

Municipality of Eemsdelta instead of Loppersum