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Petrus Haelvoet



Years of birth and death
Year of birth1829Kerkhove
Year of death1900Oudenaarde
Place
ca. 1850Kerkhove
1874Oudenaarde



Organ builder from Kerkhove, where he was born in 1829. Moved to Oudenaarde in 1874. He only built a complete organ for the church of Nederzwalm. This instrument shows great professionalism. Nothing is known about his school. In his last years he also lived in Brussels for some time, but he returned to Oudenaarde, where he died in 1900.

Literature Uitlopers van traditiegebonden orgelbouwstijl rond 1850 in Vlaanderen / Ghislain Potvlieghe. - In: Orgelkunst, vierde jaargang nummer 2, juni 1981.