*Location:

   Église Saint-Pierre
   (L'Abbaye St-Pierre)
   Place Roger Delthill
   (Rue Marcassus off Boulevard de Brienne)
   Moissac, Tarn et Garonne, France
   LL: N 44.10536, E 1.08435

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*Carillonist:

   Père Pierre Sirgant
   1 rue de l'abbaye
   82200 Moissac
   T: 63 04 01 44

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Sundays and holidays

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1984
     with bells made by Paccard      (except for 3)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The French Wikipedia article about the abbey is extensive, but says nothing about the bells.  There are three photos of the exterior, and on the south facade one can see five swinging bells plus a clock bell.

Photos of the building (in 2 pages)

Where 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/Tarn-et-Garonne.

   This page was built from the database on  5-May-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/05/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/07/25