BORDEAUX : FRANCE - 33

*Location:

   Basilique Saint-Michel
   Place Meynard
   Rue des Faures
   Bordeaux, Gironde, France
   LL: N 44.83443, W 0.56597
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Restored in 1999

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 22 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   Installation was completed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the building has photos of its campanile and a section about it, which mentions a carillon of 22 bells, restored in 1999.

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/Haute-Garonne.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/22
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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