*Location:

   Église Saint-Vincent
   Rue du Dr Albert Tomey at Rue Gamelin
   Carcassonne, Aude, France
   LL: N 43.21470, E 2.35046

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*Carillonist:

   Claude Seyte, carillonneur
   Préfecture de l'Aude
   11000 Carcassonne
   T: 68 77 

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays and holidays at 1100;
   also Nadalet, 17-25 December

*Remarks:

   Original chime by Bouvier was largely
   destroyed in the Revolution.
   Replacement by Lévêque-Amans, Toulouse.
   Expansion by Bollée also reported as
   being in 1967.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 54 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C C 23
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with  7 bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1980, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by Paccard     
       (35 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1970, the instrument was enlarged to 21 bells
       by Bollée      
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1902, the instrument was enlarged
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (10 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1773, the instrument was begun with 17 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (1 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

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   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 2018/11/03