*Location:

   Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de l'E.-J.
   Avenue Sainte-Thérèse
   Lisieux, Calvados, France
   LL: N 49.13872, E 0.23577

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*Carillonist:

   Patrice Latour, carillonneur
   9, rue de Neuvillette
   F 76240 Le Mesnil Esnard
   E: pmlatour@hotmail.com

*Contact:

   Direction du Pélerinage
   B.P.95
   33 rue du Carmel
   14102 Lisieux-Cedex
   T: 31 31 43 71

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 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 instrument was enlarged in 1975
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1948, the instrument was begun with 48 bells
       by Paccard     
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was C# in the middle octave
       Transposition was up  1 semitone(s)
       Keyboard range was: (F )C C   /    ----  
       There were two missing bass semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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/Calvados.

   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 1975/07/20