Non-traditional carillons in France:
index by weight (pitch)

The table below is an index to 20 French non-traditional carillons, in order by the pitch of the bourdon (heaviest bell of the main keyboard range).  Instruments with the same bourdon pitch are in descending order by number of bells, then by missing semitones, then by city.  The key to the four column headings is at the end of the table, along with some other notes. 

    Location (City : Country)               Note Chr  Nr  Transp
bourdon in the bass octave (20000 to 3000 kg) - NO instruments



bourdon in the middle octave (2500 to 300 kg) - 5 instruments


PARIS - STG                   : FRANCE - 00  C   -   40   -
BUGLOSE                       : FRANCE - 40  C   -   35   -
MONTPELLIER                   : FRANCE - 34  D   Z   26   7  hybrid
PARIS - STJB                  : FRANCE - 00  G   -   28   -
HONFLEUR                      : FRANCE - 14  G   -   24   -




bourdon in the treble octave (250 to 60 kg) - 3 instruments


ARRAS                         : FRANCE - 62  C   Z   40   -
AVRANCHES                     : FRANCE - 50  C   *   35   -
LE CATEAU                     : FRANCE - 59  G   *   26   -






bourdon in the "itty-bitty" octave (55 kg or less) - 0 instruments


 [none known]




bourdon unknown - 12 instruments


MONTROUGE                     : FRANCE - 92  -   -   49   -
PARIS - SC                    : FRANCE - 00  -   -   37   -
AVIGNON                       : FRANCE - 84  -  +-   35   -
PAU - STM                     : FRANCE - 64  -   -   28   -
SAINT-AVOLD                   : FRANCE - 57  -   -   26   -
ALBI - STC                    : FRANCE - 81  -   -   25   -
BAZIEGE                       : FRANCE - 31  -   -   25   -
DOUAI - STP                   : FRANCE - 59  -   -   25   -
LILLE - HDV                   : FRANCE - 59  -   -   25   -
ROUEN - BS                    : FRANCE - 76  -   -   25   -

GOURDON                       : FRANCE - 46  -   -   24   -
LOURDES                       : FRANCE - 65  -   -   24   -




Key to column headings:





Note
pitch of the bourdon (bass bell) of the carillon. 



Chr
chromatics indicator:

Z = fully chromatic (no missing semitones)

Y = missing one semitone in the bass (typically keyboard C# or B)

X = missing two semitones in the bass (typically keyboard C#,D# or B,C#)

- = unknown



Nr
number of bells (notes) in the carillon.



Transp
transposition 
from the keyboard notes to the pitches of the corresponding bells, in semitones. 
(Thus the number "12" reflects transposition upward one octave, 
while "-3" reflects transposition downward by a minor third.)




Notes:


The table is sorted first on the pitch of the bass bell, 
then on the number of bells, then on the chromatics indicator, 
then on city. 
The actual weight of the bass bell is not used.


The weight range indicators for each octave are only gross approximations,
and should not be taken to represent any specific bell. 
They are irrelevant for instruments made of porcelain bells.




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