*Location:

   Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz
   Place d'Armes
   Metz, Moselle, France
   LL: N 49.12003, E 6.17549

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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Municipal belfry (south tower) holds
   "la Mutte," largest of a peal of 3,
   cast by joint effort of several makers.
   Chapter tower, on north side, holds 5
   bells of various dates.

   F#, 232cm, ~10.5tonnes, 1605

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Installation was completed in unknown year
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S3    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

The Wikipedia article about this building has a section about the bells, indicates that "la Mutte" is hung in the tower called "la tour de Mutte"; photos of the building apparently show this tower.

An architectural page about the cathedral has numerous photos linked.

An 1887 article (in French) about the bellfounders of Lorraine lists the several makers of this bell.

Where the great bell lies in the total sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries.

Ranking among all French chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Moselle.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/08/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/08/30