Carillon ambulant de Douai,
     Région Nord, Pas-de-Calais

*Location:

   (mobile)
   Douai, Nord, France

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*Remarks:

   Bourdon, cast 1988, swings; 7-8 cwt.
   Used for study (at the French Carillon
   School) and demonstration.
   2005: Dismantled; bells installed in
   City Hall of Dordrecht NL.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1989
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Prior history:
     In 1981, the instrument was begun with 49 bells
       by Paccard         
       Keyboard range was:     C C 48/    A#G   
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nBS1  
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  2 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    2 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   4 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/07/25