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BERGUES-ST.WINOC - A : FRANCE - 59

*Location:

   Abbey of St-Winoc
   Bergues (Sint Winoksbergen),
     Nord (Normandy), France
Site locator map not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   A chime of 12 bells, installed in 1573,
   was replaced by a carillon of 32
   bells in 1642-43; lost in 1657.  Last
   bells cast by Pierre & Toussaint
   Cambron, plus 5 swinging bells (bass
   8.5 tonnes), destroyed in Revolution.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1700
     with bells made by other            
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013
*Links:

This site and its history are also described here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/01/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/01/30
*Photos:

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