*Location:

   Église Saint Jean-Baptiste
   Rue Saint-Jean at Rue François Verdier
   Lézat-sur-Leze, Ariège, France
   LL: N 43.27547, E 1.34564

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*Player:

   Benjamin Lautier

   Mme. Tanieres

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Primitive clavier with a single row of
   heavy levers; added semitones are
   sharp 4th, flat 7th, sharp octave.
   10 bells by Granier, Hérépian; one is
   anonymous, 1531; one by Viguier, 1818;
   one by Levêque-Amans (successor to
   Louison), Toulouse, 1880; one by Amedee
   Vinel, Toulouse, 1894; 2 also swing.
   Clavier in belfry, not enclosed.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C F   /    NONE  
   There are three added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1956
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above (except for 4)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S2    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

Additional information (in French), with clickable photos, a list of the bells, and a link to a slideshow with a photo of each bell.
Photo of 14-note chimestand

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), with videos of the chime (1:59) and of swinging bells (1:29).

Photo of the building

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/Ariège.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/05/28