COURZIEU : FRANCE - 69

*Location:

   Église Saint-Didier
   Montée du Château
   Courzieu, Rhône, France
   LL: N 45.74251, E 4.57105
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Includes a swinging bell from 1726.
   3 of 4 new bells cast on Place des
   Platanes on 13 May 2022.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 2022
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   Prior history:
     Previously, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the village has two paragraphs about the church and bells.
Photo of the church

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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/Rhône.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/12
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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