*Location:

   Collégiale Saint-Salvy
   Rue Mariè at Pl. du Cloître Saint-Salvy
   Albi, Tarn, France
   LL: N 43.92819, E 2.14471

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*Contact:

   Secrétariat Sainte-Cécile
   5 bd du Général-Sibille
   81000 Albi
   T: 05 63 43 23 43 -
   E: paroisse.ste-cecile@wanadoo.fr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The French Wikipedia article about the building reports that ancient bells were moved to the north tower in the 13th century, and then melted down after the Revolution; but it does not mention any current bells.

The parish Website has contact information.

Photos of the bell tower

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown 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/Tarn.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/12