*Location: Tour Saint-Romain (north tower) Cathédrale Nôtre-Dame de Rouen Rue Grand Pont - Rue des Carmes at Rue de Changé Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France LL: N 49.44064, E 1.09454*Former location (1920-2015): Tour de Beurre (south tower)
*Carillonist: Patrice Latour, carillonneur 9, rue de Neuvillette F 76240 Le Mesnil Esnard E: pmlatour@hotmail.com carillonneur/@/carillon-rouen DOTfr*Past carillonneurs: Maurice Lenfant Jean-Francois Claire *Contact: (unknown) *Schedule: 6 religious and 6 civil holidays, and occasional Wednesday afternoons. *Remarks: North tower also holds "Jeanne d'Arc" bourdon, recast in 1959 from remains of the 1920 bourdon destroyed by war (along with other old bells) in 1944. Now F 9.5t, G 5.4t, A,Bb,C,D-C. South tower has 6 swinging bells. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 64 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the bass octave Transposition is unknown Keyboard range: ---- / ---- There are four missing bass semitones There is an identical practice console The instrument was enlarged in 2016 with 16 bells made by Paccard Prior history: In 1959, the instrument was enlarged to 56 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown In 1954, the instrument was begun with 50 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was G# in the middle octave Transposition was up 8 semitone(s) Keyboard range was: (A )C C / ----21 There were no missing bass semitones In 1920, a complete instrument of 29 bells was installed with bells made by Paccard (0 bells remain from that work.) Pitch of heaviest bell was D in the middle octave Auxiliary mechanisms: S5 Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2018*Links:
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