*Location:

   Collégiale Saint-Hippolyte
   Rue de Collège
     at Rue Pidoux de la Madière
   Poligny, Jura, France
   LL: N 46.83748, E 5.71046

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*Player:

   Abbé Sage

   1954 ded. André Combe

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Religious holidays

*Remarks:

   Added semitones are flat 7th, sharp 4th
   and its octave; bourdon swings.
   Older bells by Farnier (Ribécourt);
   uncertain whether some were recast
   during the expansion.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 17 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is B  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:  (G)C A   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up 11 semitone(s), i.e., from C to B 
   There are three added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1954
     with  6 bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1878, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (11 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two small photos, which cannot be enlarged.

The French Wikipdia article about the building has two photos of its tower, but says nothing about any bells.

A page about the building has two photos that show parts of the tower, but it does not mention any bells.

Photos of the building

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, 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/Jura.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/23