*Location: Tour Saint-Romain (north tower) Cathédrale Nôtre-Dame de Rouen Place de la Cathédrale at rue Georges Lanfry Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France LL: N 49.44064, E 1.09454*Former location (1920-2015): Tour de Beurre (south tower)
*Carillonist: Patrice Latour, carillonneur 9, rue de Neuvillette F 76240 Le Mesnil Esnard E: pmlatour@hotmail.com carillonneur/@/carillon-rouen DOTfr*Past carillonists: 1920-75 Maurice Lenfant (1902-79) 1975-85 Jean-Francois Claire *Contact: Association du Carillon de la Cathédrale de Rouen (ACCR) 3 rue Saint-Romain 76000 Rouen E: contact/@/carillon-rouen DOTfr *Schedule: 6 religious and 6 civil holidays, and occasional Wednesday afternoons. Identical clock tune every quarter; tunes changed occasionally. Angelus. *Remarks: Bourdon is "Jeanne d'Arc", recast in 1959 from remains of the 1920 bourdon destroyed by war (along with 3 other old bells) in 1944; it was not part of carillon until 2015 relocation and expansion. "Alyette" (D1) survived the war and was restored; other survivors apparently replaced. Practice keyboard in studio on first level ot tower. South tower has 6 swinging bells. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 64 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the bass octave Transposition is nil (concert pitch) Keyboard range: F C / F C 28 There are four missing bass semitones There is an identical practice console The instrument was enlarged in 2016 with 16 bells made by Paccard Prior history: In 1959, the instrument was enlarged to 56 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown In 1954, the instrument was begun with 50 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was G# in the middle octave Transposition was up 8 semitone(s) Keyboard range was: (A )C C / ----21 There were no missing bass semitones In 1920, a complete instrument of 29 bells was installed with bells made by Paccard (1 bells remain from that work.) Pitch of heaviest bell was D in the middle octave Auxiliary mechanisms: S5E Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2023*Links:
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