AVIGNONET-LAURAGAIS : FRANCE - 31

*Location:

   Église Notre-Dame des Miracles
   Place Raymond d'Alfaro
   Avignonet-Lauragais,
     Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.36635, E 1.78917
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon cast in 1617.
   Also reported as 14 bells.
   City correct; building uncertain.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   Installation was completed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the building has a photo showing a 2-stage octagonal belfry from 14th c., but there is no mention of bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all French chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all French chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Haute-Garonne.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 15-May-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/05/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/07/29
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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