*Location:

   Église Saint-Nicolas de Gaulène
   off Hwy D100
   Saint-Julien-Gaulène, Tarn, France
   LL: N 43.98950, E 2.34746

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*Player:

   Jean Pierre Carme
   E: jeanpierrecarme81@gmail.com
   - and -
   Corinne Salles

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   First Thursdays 1400-1500

*Remarks:

   Keyboard notes G,A,C,D,E-G; one cast
   by Triadou in 1829, 10 by Louison of
   Toulouse) in 1866 for another site but
   not installed there; installed here
   in 1880 and rung as a peal.  Keyboard
   added in 1999, immobilizing the
   "Louison ladies."  2 Louison bells cast
   in 1847 for Castres added in 2001.
   In 2014 the broek transmission was
   reportedly replaced with roller-bars,
   though that is not evident in video.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G G 25/    ----  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 2017
     with  7 bells made by Cornille-Havard 
   Prior history:
     In 2001, the instrument was enlarged to 13 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1880, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above (except for 1)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nS10  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The French Wikipedia article about the town mentions the church as having a manual carillon of 20 bells, of which 10 also swing.

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French).  There is a video in the belfry (2:34).

A YouTube video (1:49) has views of the tower, keyboard and bells.

Photo 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 second 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 Cornille-Havard 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/Tarn.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/09