*Location:

   Église du Sacré-Coeur
   Rue de Solférino at Rue Nationale
   Lille, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.63285, E 3.05215

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*Carillonist:

   (None appointed)

*Contact:

   "Les Amis des Carillons de Lille"
   Bernard Michel
   Beffroi de N.D. de la Treille
   59000 Lille
   T: 20 09 66 06

*Schedule:

   None - major restoration needed.

*Remarks:

   Old carillon taken in WW I.
   New bells by Charles Wauthy, Douai,
   who also supplied two swinging bells
   in 1921; bass C# omitted.
   Clavier by Michiels (1924).
   Treble A#3 now missing.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1924
     with bells made by Wauthy       
   Prior history:
     In 1910, a complete instrument of 39 bells was installed
       by Wauthy      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

The French Wikipedia article on the building has a photo of the tower but says nothing about the bells.

Photos of the building

The ARPAC Website (archived 2019) presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Wauthy bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Wauthy bellfoundry, 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 tower bell instruments in France/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/09/07