*Location:

   Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Provence
   north parapet of the Citadelle
   Forcalquier,
     Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
   LL: N 43.95715, E 5.78202

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*Carillonist:

   Sylvain Roman, carillonneur
   Place Martial Sicard
   04300 Forcalquier
   T: 92 75 01 40
   E: sroman04@orange.fr
   - and -
   Elisabeth Vasseur
   T: 06 83 46 36 40
   - and -
   Jean Bascou
   - and -
   Jean-Yves Royer

*Contact:

   Le Carillon de Forcalquier
   13 chemins des Coustelines
   04300 Forcalquier
   - or -
   300 chemins des Coustelines
   04433 Forcalquier
   E: contact/@/carillondeforcalquier.fr
      Webform @ carillondeforcalquier.fr

*Schedule:

   Sunday noon; also principal civic and
   religious holidays.  Annual concerts
   of Nadalet, 17-24 December at 1900. 
   Christmas Eve at 2200.

*Remarks:

   Originally an 18-bell chime plas one
   swinging bell (which alone survives,
   unused; possibly cast in 1856).
   Inaugurated 20 May 2018.
   Practice keyboard at music school.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C E   
   Transposition is up 17 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is an identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 2017
     with 19 bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1997, the instrument was enlarged to 18 bells
       by Paccard     
       (3 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
       Keyboard range was:     C F   /    NONE  
     In 1939, all bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Paccard     
       (15 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1925, the complete instrument of 19 bells was installed
       with bells made by Paccard     
       (1 bell remains from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The Website of the carillon (entirely in French) is quite comprehensive, with plenty of photos of the installation and its surroundings.  It is not clear when the large swinging bell from the first chime, which reportedly survived the recasting of the other bells in 1939, was removed, but it now hangs silent beside the carillon.

Video of inaugural concert (42:23). When motion begins (after initial stills), the surviving original bass bell can be seen in the right side of the bell frame, with disconnected clapper.

Waymarking page (in French), with 6 photos in the gallery, including 2 of the unusual structure which contains the bells.

Photos of the building and surroundings (but not all show the former bell structure)

Where the initial stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, 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/Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/09/03