MIREMONT : FRANCE - 31

*Location:

   Église Saint-Eutrope
   Rue du Four / Rue du Château
   Miremont, Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.37006, E 1.41572
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   Francis Bop

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon by Brenel Frères, 1789;
   bourdon by Durand-Chambon of Montargis-
   Loiret, 1903; both are "Louison ladies"
   and formerly swung.  Others cast by
   Lévêque Frères, Montauban, 1859 except
   Eb 1862.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range: (G) C C   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1859
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above (except for 3)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), With 6 photos of bells and bell wall.

Photos 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/Haute-Garonne.

*Status:
   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 2024/08/12
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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