*Location: Église (Basilique) Nôtre Dame de Buglose Rue des Pèlerins (D150) at Rue des Carillons Buglose, Landes, France LL: N 43.78411, W 0.99085
*Player: Denis-Pierre Villenave, carillonneur 297 rue des Pèlerins Buglose 40990 St-Vincent-de-Paul T: 06 13 69 06 32 E: dpvillenave/@/free DOTfr Webform @ buglose40.wordpress.com *Contact: (unknown) *Schedule: Thursdays at 1530-1615, from 15 Feb. During the daily procession in the week of 8 September. *Remarks: Three octaves, some notes having 2 or 3 bells, for a total of 60 bells; played from a unique 4-octave (F-F) piano-style mechanical keyboard with variable transposition (Maisonnave system from Paccard, powered by foot pedals); missing semitones are bass C#,D#,F#. Clappers missing from some duplicates. First four bells supplied in 1894; bass bell added in 1900. Bollée supplied 3 clock bells. 1923 addition by Dencausse, Tarbes. *Technical data: Carillon-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 35 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave Transposition is unknown Keyboard range: * * 49/ NONE The arrangement of tones and/or semitones is non-standard; see Remarks above. The instrument was enlarged in 1925 with 31 bells made by Paccard Prior history: In 1923, the instrument was enlarged to 32 bells by the maker cited in Remarks above (3 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.) In 1915, the instrument was enlarged to 29 bells by Bollée In 1900, the instrument was enlarged to 26 bells by Paccard In 1899, the instrument was enlarged to 25 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown In 1895, the instrument was begun with 23 bells by Paccard No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 1992*Links:
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