*Location:

   Beffroi communal
   Rue des Arts at Pl. Bernard Gouvant
   Cappelle-la-Grande, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.99737, E 2.36567
  *Access: 100 steps (half via lift)

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Alfred Lesecq, carillonneur
     & president GCF
   3 route de la maison blanche
   59492 Hoymille
   H: 328 687 031   W: 325 682 927
   E: alfred.lesecq/@/wanadoo.fr
   - and -
   Catherine Vermeulen
   E: vermeulencatherine2@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Friday 1800 & Saturday 1130.
   Autoplay on the quarter hours via
   internal electric hammers.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C G   
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2018

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two photos, but the keyboard ranges do not match the number of bells.  The photo of bells can be opened for a larger version.

A GCF page about the schedule at three carillons has a small photo of the Capelle bells.

The ARPAC Website (archived 2019) presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all French traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/04/07