VERNIERFONTAINE : FRANCE - 25

*Location:

   Église Saint-André
   Rue Saint-André at Rue Guillon
   Vernierfontaine, Doubs, France
   LL: N 47.10777, E 6.29906
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Two large swinging bells cast by
   Bournez (Morteau) in 1825, one serving
   also as an hour bell; plus 6 small
   bells cast by Cornille-Havard, playing
   the Marian tune.
*Bells:
   E3, 122cm, 1085kg, 1825, Bournez
   F3, 108cm, 730kg,  1825, Bournez
   F5,  59cm, 125kg, 1980, Cornille-Havard
   A#5, 46cm, 61kg,  1980, Cornille-Havard
   C6,  43cm, 50kg,  1980, Cornille-Havard
   D6,  40cm, 42kg,  1980, Cornille-Havard
   D#6, 37cm, 32kg,  1980, Cornille-Havard
   F6,  34cm, 27kg,  1980, Cornille-Havard

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1980
     with bells made by Cornille-Havard (except for 2)            
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S2HE6
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

Where the majority 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/Doubs.

*Status:
   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 2025/02/02
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