*Location:

   Basilique Saint-Jean-Baptiste
   - or -
   Parc Sainte-Marie
   Rue Decrès at Rue Saint-Jean
   Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France
   LL: N 48.11241, E 5.13856

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Centre parissial Notre-Dame
   15 rue des Platanes
   F-52000 Chaumont
   T: 03 25 03 05 48
   E: paroissesaintjeanbaptiste@orange.fr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Large piano-type keys.
   Five swinging bells, dated 1652-1777

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of an unknown number of bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     B B   /    ----  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   Installation was completed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S5
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The French Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it but says nothing about any bells.  There are twin front towers; based on the presence of louvering, any bells are probably in the south tower.

A YouTube video (5:11) focuses on the ringing four of the five old bells.

A page about the church has contact information and a small photo.

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/Haut-Marne.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Apr-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/03/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20