*Location:

   Indoors
   Musée Campanaire
   Hôtel de Ville
   20 Rue de la République
   L'Isle Jourdain, Gers, France
   LL: N 43.61306, E 1.08189

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Musée Campanaire
   Hôtel de Ville
   20 Rue de la République
   32600 L'Isle Jourdain
   T: 05 62 07 30 01
   E: museeij.campanaire/@/wanadoo DOTfr
      musee.campanaire@
        mairie-islejourdain.fr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2017

The French Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the front of the museum.

The French Wikipedia article about the museum has several photos of the interior, but does not describe the carillon.

The city Website opens with a rotating series of photos that includes the bell tower and the museum.

A Website about museums in Gers has a page about this museum, with contact information and a few photos.

A local tourism Website has a page about the museum.  Although it has only a few photos, it mentions the dedication of the nearby chime as part of the inspiration for the creation of this museum.  The carillon is not specifically described.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all French traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Gers.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2018/09/10