*Location:

   Eglise Sainte-Croix
   (Holy Cross Church)
   Carouge, Genéve, Switzerland
   LL: N 46.18, E 6.13

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*Carillonist:

   Andreas Friedrich
   E: andreas.friedrich@vtxnet.ch
   - and -
   Ives Roure

   Paul Deshusses
   Constant Deschenaux

*Contact:

   Andreas Friedrich

*Schedule:

   1100 Saturdays

*Remarks:

   New bells by Rüetschi, who refurbished
   three existing bells: Aubry XVII,
   Piton 1789, Kervand 1839.
   Dropped key for bass C# is present.
   Also reported as 28 bells by Paccard,
   pre-1973, electric action.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2001
     with bells made by Rüetschi (except for 3)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

Tower photo (huge - 634KB) from the GCCS Website.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Rüetschi bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Switzerland.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Switzerland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/01