*Location:

   Basilique Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-
     Jesus-de-la-Sainte-Face
   Avenue Sainte-Thérèse
   Lisieux, Calvados, France
   LL: N 49.13872, E 0.23577

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

   1985-2010 Patrice Latour
   19??-84   Robert Delarue

*Contact:

   Direction du Pélerinage
   B.P.95
   33 rue du Carmel
   14102 Lisieux-Cedex
   T: 31 31 43 71

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Swinging bells are F2,A#2,C3,D,D#,F2.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is B  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range: (F )A#C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   Prior history:
     In 1975, the instrument was enlarged to 49 bells
       by Paccard         
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
     In 1948, the instrument was begun with 48 bells
       by Paccard         
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was C# in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was: (F )C C   /    ----  
       Transposition was up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S6    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The French Wikipedia article about the building has a section about the detached campanile, with a photo of it.  But only the six swinging bells are described, though the existence of the carillon is implied by the total of 51 bells.

The Website of the basilica has a page about the building, with a large photo that includes the campanile, and a section about it.

Photos of the building

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

Ranking among all French traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
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Index to all traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Calvados.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/09/19