*Location:

   Hôtel de Ville
   Place Aristide Briand
   Cambrai, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.17599, E 3.23474

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*Carillonist:

   Alfred Drapier, carillonneur
   10, avenue Jean-Jaurès
   59600 Maubeuge
   T: 27 64 92 59

*Contact:

   Mairie de Cambrai
   2, rue de Nice
   B.P.409
   59407 Cambrai
   T: 03 27 73 21 00   F: 03 27 73 21 01
   E: contact@mairie-cambrai.fr

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1100-1200.
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.

*Remarks:

   Old carillon destroyed 1914-18.
   This town once had 6 carillons, but
   all were destroyed in the French
   Revolution.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 31 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range: (C )F C 37/(C )F C  7
   Transposition is up 14 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1928
     with bells made by Paccard          
   Prior history:
     Previously, a complete instrument of 37 bells was installed
       by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2018

The French Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the cupola of the town hall, but the carillon is not mentioned.

Photo of the cupola and its two clock jacks

The ARPAC Website (archived 2019) presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

The city Website announces that it is the "city with 3 bell towers", and has a photo with the city hall cupola in the background.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/10/21