*Location:

   St.Mark Coptic Catholic Church
     (was St.François de Salle)
   Ahmed Oraby at Saad Zaghloul
   Ismailiya (Al-Isma'iliyah), Egypt
   LL: N 30.59143, E 32.27141

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Mark Coptic Catholic Church
   15, rue Orabi
   Al Temsah
   Ismailia 1
   Ismailia Governorate 41511

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower badly damaged in wars of 1967 &
   1973, and was unplayable because of
   dangerous access; current status
   unknown.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Paccard     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all traditional carillons in this region by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all traditional carillons in this region by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all traditional carillons in this region by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Egypt (EG).
Index to all tower bell instruments in Egypt (EG).

   This page was built from the database on 26-May-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/05/24
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/02/01