*Location:

   Carillon du Mas Rillier
   (Sanctuaire Nôtre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur)
   Montée Neuve (Hwy.D71)
   Le Mas Rillier par Miribel, Ain, France
   LL: N 45.82912, E 4.95107

   Exposition du Progrès Social
   Lille

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*Carillonist:

   Chantal Bégeot
   E: chantal.begeot@orange.fr

   20 Jul 1947 inaug. Maurice Lannoy
   1947-52 Louis Chavant
   1952-86 André Combe
   1987-2005 Jean-Bernard Lemoine

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays from April to November,
   in late afternoon.  Angelus.

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon G connected to pedal B-flat
   key; pedal ends at F or higher

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C D 49/(*G)C --  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1947
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1941, the instrument was enlarged
       with bells made by Paccard     
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1939, the instrument was begun with an unknown number of bells
       by Paccard     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S3    
   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 wider (but possibly also distorted) version.

The French Wikipedia article about this carillon has several photos of the tower.

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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/Ain.

   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 2024/01/23