*Location:

   Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Liesse
   Hwy.D24 at Rue du Séminaire
   Liesse, Aisne, France
   LL: N 49.60998, E 3.80398

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*Carillonist:

   Bruno Maes
   Reims, France

   1969-93 M. l'Abbé Henri Woitellier

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays and religious holidays, July to
   September, 1600-1700

*Remarks:

   Tower contains two older bells (1784,
   1857).  Eight bells of 1921 replace
   three taken in 1917, and had oversized
   piano-style keyboard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 31 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is B  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:  (?)G C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up 16 semitone(s), i.e., from C to E 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1981
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Prior history:
     In 1925, the instrument was enlarged to 30 bells
       by Paccard         
       There was one missing bass semitone
     In 1921, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by Paccard         
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
       The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
         was non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W4    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The French Wikipedia article about the building has a photo that does not show much of the tower.  It does not mention the bells.

On a pilgimage Website, a page about the carillon details the history of the bells, and has a photo of Francis Crépin at the keyboard during a guest concert.

Photos of the building

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
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Ranking among all French traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
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Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Aisne.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2018/09/10