"Bourdon" Quotes from Famous Books
... Ghein II had but one son, Pierre III, who died without issue in 1618. William, however, left a second son, from whom descended the line of later bell founders, who made many of the bells of Malines. Of these Pierre IV, who associated himself with Pierre de Clerck (a cousin german), made the great "bourdon" called Salvator. ... — Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders • George Wharton Edwards |