*Location:

   Église Notre-Dame
   Rue Notre Dame
   Villegailhenc, Aude, France
   LL: N 43.26906, E 2.35427
   - or -
   Église de l'Assomption
   Rue des Escombes
   Villegailhenc, Aude, France
   LL: N 43.26852, E 2.35413

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bourdon cast 1546 by Guillaume Palhaud
   of Carcassone; all others by
   Lévêque of Toulouse--4 largest in 1883,
   remaining 10 in 1885.  Added semi-
   tones are flat 7th and upper sharp 4th.
   Disused chimestand has flat metal
   keys, with semitone keys above frame.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     F D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1885
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), with a tower photo, a long history, details of bells, photo of 13 fixed bells with electric actions and disconnected internal clappers, and videos of the manual (2:56, video from 1967) and electric keyboards.

The French Wikipedia article about the church is just a stub (as of Aug.2024), saying nothing more than that this building was listed as a historic monument in 1951.

Photo of the older building (Ancienne église Notre-Dame)
Photos of the newer building(Église de l'Assomption)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous 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/Aude.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/12