*Location:

   Cathédrale Saint-Maurice
   Cours du Dr Chabaud
     at Place Philippe de Lévis
   Mirepoix, Ariège, France
   LL: N 43.08758, E 1.87410

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Restored in 2007-08; original chime-
   stand now on display in church. 
   Reports of 16 bells are incorrect.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range: (C) E E   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1901
     with bells made by Bollée        (except for 1)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S4nC  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The French Wikipedia article about the building mentions the bells briefly.

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), with photos of the tower and former keyboard.

Photos of the building

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown 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 2024/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/09