*Location:

   Église Saint-Roch
   Place Abbé Launay
   Grézieu-la-Varenne, Rhône, France
   LL: N 45.74788, E 4.69040

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*Carillonist:

   André Simon
   E: andre.simon10/@/wanadoo DOTfr
   - and -
   Clement Perrier
   E: clement.perrier@gmail.com

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturdays at 1100

*Remarks:

   Bells by Chevalier (1825) and Paccard
   (1939-2020)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2020
     with  2 bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     Previously, the instrument was enlarged to 33 bells
       by Paccard     
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In  19_, the instrument was enlarged to 28 bells
       by Paccard     
     Previously, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two photos, but the keyboard ranges do not match the number of bells.  The photo of bells can be opened for a much wider view.

The French Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the church and reports the ancient history of the parish, but says nothing about the present state of the building.

Photo of the building

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Ranking among all French traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
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Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Rhône.

   This page was built from the database on  8-Sep-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/23