*Location:

   Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
   Avenue Franklin-Roosevelt
     at Rue Jules Walrand
   Maubeuge, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.27879, E 3.97279

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*Carillonist:

   Charles Dairay
   E: cdairay/@/ch-saint-amand-les-eaux.fr

   c.1993 Alfred Drapier

*Contact:

   Mairie
   T: (03)27 53 75 75

*Schedule:

   Alternate Saturdays 1600-1700

*Remarks:

   Three swinging basses by Causard (1952)
   plus another in 1962 (not part of
   carillon); four sub-basses (actual C#1,
   E1, F#1, A1) playable only via pedals.
   Technical details incomplete.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is D  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     D D 24/    * *  4
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1975
     with  2 bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1967, the instrument was enlarged to 25 bells
       by Paccard     
       (3 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 22 bells
       by Paccard     
       (19 bells remain from that work.)
       The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
         was non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Auxiliary mechanisms: I22   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two small photos, which cannot be enlarged.

The French Wikipedia article about the church has photos of it and mentions the carillon, but without any details.

A photographer's Website has a page about the carillon, with related links.

Photos of the building

The ARPAC Website (archived 2019) presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

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 second 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).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on  8-Sep-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/08/05