*Location:

   Tour de l'ancienne Abbaye
   Grand Place
   Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.44914, E 3.42872

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*Carillonist:

   Charles Dairay
   E: cdairay/@/ch-saint-amand-les-eaux.fr

   Alfred Dubois
   Françoise Delesalle
   Gilles Lerouge
   Bernard Michel

*Contact:

   le SI,  tel. 27 27 85 00
   - or -
   le Musée,  tel. 27 48 67 09

*Schedule:

   Daily 1200-1230; also Saturdays 1700-
   1800 and Sundays 1800-1900 from June
   to September.

*Remarks:

   Original carillon by Barbieux, Tournai,
   1784-5; Michiels supplied 9 bells
   and new keyboard in 1922 or 1931
   (reports conflict); renovated by Paccard
   in 1949-50 (40 bells date from this
   time).
   Also a bourdon, "Amanda", 1640,
   4650 kg, not connected to carillon.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C G   
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1984
     with  1 bells made by Cornille-Havard 
   Prior history:
     In 1950, 40 bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Paccard     
       (40 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       There were two missing bass semitones
     In 1931, the instrument was enlarged to 47 bells
       by Michiels    
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1784, the instrument was begun with 38 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (4 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

A 3-page Website of the carillon (in French) has photos and sound clips.

The French Wikipedia article about the building has photos of the tower but says nothing about any bells.

An archived article has other photos of the tower, and mentions the carillon.  (Scroll down)

Photos of the building

The ARPAC Website (archived 2019) presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

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 second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Cornille-Havard 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.

Where the independent bourdon in this tower ranks among all great bells in France.

Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/05/07