*Location:

   Saint George's Anglican Church
   Rue du Temple
   Vernet-les-Bains,
     Pyrénées Orientales, France
   LL: N 42.54579, E 2.38661

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*Contact:

   Saint George's Anglican Church
   Rue du Temple
   66820 Vernet-les-Bains
   - or -
   Jeff Ladd
   E: towercaptain/@/vernetbells.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Sat 1730-1830;
   service Sun 0920-0955

*Remarks:

   9 bells dated 2018, one 2019;
   installed April 2019

*Technical data:

   Ring of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2019
     with bells made by Taylor      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of ringing room:             0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    7 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   7 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The Website of the bells has a large photo of the tower (second of 5 on the home page) plus a small one of the church in its geographical context (on the Contact page).  There is detailed information about the bells.

Photo of the bells in the belfry

The French Wikipedia article about the town gives the history of this church and mentions these bells.  The corresponding English Wikipedia article mentions the bells but does not present the history of the building.

Dove's Guide page about the bells

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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/Pyrénées Orientales.

   This page was built from the database on 23-Nov-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/11/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/10/22