LYON - STPL : FRANCE - 69

*Location:

   Église Saint-Paul
   Rue Saint-Paul
   Lyon, Rhône, France
   LL: N 45.76655, E 4.82688
Site locator map
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*Player:

   (unknown)
*Past chimer:
   1891-1931 Joseph-Marius Moulin

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   One by Léonard Dupont, 1626; one by
   Chevalier, 1834; 9 by Gédeon Morel,
   1865; only the largest swings now,
   though all are hung for swinging;
   broek system transmission.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Installation was completed in 1865
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the building mention 11 bells.

A YouTube video (8:27; text in French) gives details of the bells.

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

Ranking among all French chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all French chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Rhône.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-May-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/05/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/05/07
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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