*Location:

   Cathédrale Sainte-Bénigne
   Place Ste.Bénigne
   (Square des Benédictins at Rue Mariotte)
   Dijon, Côte d'Or, France
   LL: N 47.32156, E 5.03413

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*Carillonist:

   Adrien Parret
   T: 628 56 17 48
   E: orgue.aparret@hotmail.fr

   Patrick Jothie (titulaire)
   Henri Garnier (honoraire)
   Chantal Bégeot

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sunday and holidays 1145; also 2045
   in August during International
   Carillon Festival

*Remarks:

   Old bells by Causard (13,1960) and
   other founders; the following numbers
   remain:  Morel 4, Berthier 1, Fort 2,
   Paccard 56.  Transposition in RE#.
   Also an anonymous bell from 1636,
   disused.
   Unclear which tower holds all bells.

   "Marie-Alphonse", F2, 221cm, 7000kg,
     1862, G.Morel (Lyon)
   "Claude", A2, 172cm, 3065kg,
     1740, Guillot & Mahuet
   "Elisabeth-Louise", C3, 144cm, 1735kg,
     1862, G.Morel
   "Bernadette-Sophie", F3, 108cm, 725kg,
     1862, G.Morel

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 63 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C C 60/(EbGA#--  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1987
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Prior history:
     In 1980, the instrument was enlarged to 56 bells
       by an unknown maker
     In 1974, the instrument was enlarged to 49 bells
       by Paccard         
       (24 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was C  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /(FA)C --  
       Transposition was nil (concert pitch)
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1973, the instrument was enlarged to 41 bells
       by an unknown maker
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1961, the instrument was enlarged to 25 bells
       by Causard         
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1902, the instrument was begun with 13 bells
       by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/20