*Location:

   Église Saint-Nicolas de Gaulène
   off Hwy D100
   Saint-Julien-Gaulène, Tarn, France
   LL: N 44.00992, E 2.34542

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*Player:

   Jean Pierre Carme
   E: jpcarme/@/laposte.net

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Keyboard notes G,A,C,D,E-G
   Oldest bell cast 1829; 10 from 1866,
   called "Louison ladies."

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     G G 25/    ----  
   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 unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   Prior history:
     Previously, the instrument was begun with 13 bells
       by an unknown maker
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S10   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

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

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

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/23