*Location:

   Abbaye de Montheron
   Route de l'Abbaye
   Montheron, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
   LL: N 46.59016, E 6.66453

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*Carillonist:

   Daniel D. R. Thomas
   E: dt@carillonneur.ch

*Contact:

   Association des Amis de l'Abbaye
     de Montheron
   T: 079 391 46 96
   E: info/@/abbaye-de-montheron DOTch

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 52 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#D   /    ----  
   Transposition is up one octave
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2020
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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 tower bell instruments in Switzerland.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/02/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/02/28