*Location:

   Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
   Rue Warocquier Rempart (D953)
     at Rue Germain Delettrez
   Orchies, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.47530, E 3.24410

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*Carillonist:

   Charles Dairay, titulaire
   - and -
   Nathalie Debienne, assistantes

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Thursdays at 1830.
   Autoplay of a long tune at 8,16,20;
   shorter tunes for quarters & hours.

*Remarks:

   Bells by Metz (Karlsruhe), cast 1994;
   construction by André Voegele 
   (Strasbourg) completed Jan.1996,
   including electro-pneumatic automation.
   Also three larger swinging bells by
   Wauthy, remaining from 1924 chime, which
   replaced a similar chime, some of whose
   bells dated to 1559, all destroyed
   by fire of war on 25 September 1914.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 49/    C G   
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1996
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1924, a complete instrument of 19 bells was installed
       by Wauthy      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was F  in the treble octave
       There was one missing bass semitone
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two photos; a PDF with longer description (in French) is available.  The photo of bells can be opened for a wider (but not larger) view.

First of a set of 8 photo pages about this carillon

Photos of the building

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

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Wauthy bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/09/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/23