*Location:

   Église Saint-Barthélémy
   Montferrier, Ariège, France
   LL: N 42.89559, E 1.79503

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.
   Old chimestand was at foot of tower;
   new manual keyboard in church gallery.
   One bell from 1609, 5 from 19th c.
   (including 1 Martin 1884, 1 Louison
   1815, 1 Louison 1849), 3 Paccard 1994.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up 10 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
   There are no added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1994
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S2nC  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), with 4 photos and a video (3:20).

Photos of the building

This work having no principal founder, it is not indexed by maker.

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 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/09