*Location:

   Basilique Saint-Sernin
   Place Saint-Sernin
   Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.60855, E 1.44216

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*Player:

   Maël Proudom, Secrétaire de la
     association Carillons en Pays d'Oc

   ????-2019 André Briols

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Tune "Ave Maria" partially at quarters
   and fully at the hour.

*Remarks:

   Bells by Quenetre, Viguier (3,1809),
   Louison, Lévêque, Pelegrin; ancient
   manual clavier for 18 bells plus
   independent pedal rack for 4 bells of the
   Angelus; altogether 4 swinging bells
   (currently fixed).
   Missing only the highest semitone.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 21 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in unknown year
     by the makers cited in Remarks above        
   Auxiliary mechanisms: HQ    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The French Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it.  There is a section about the tower, which mentions 18 bells playable from a keyboard plus 6 swinging bells.

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), with 2 photos and a short video.

Photos of the building (in 2 pages)

Since there does not appear to be a predominant founder, this work is not indexed by foundry.

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/Haute-Garonne.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/09