*Location:

   Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Gaudens
   (Collégiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul)
   Place Nationale Jean-Jaurès
   Rue Victor Hugo at Rue Mathé
   Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.10750, E 0.72423

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*Carillonist:

   Pierre Vinsonneau

*Contact:

   M. Pierre Vinsonneau
   La Serre Villeneuve
   31800 Saint-Gaudens
   T: 61 89 40 83

*Schedule:

   Automatic play Thursday & Saturday noon

*Remarks:

   Older bells by Pourcel, Villefranche de
   Rouergue, except one by Arnoldus
   Senherri (1356); newer ones repatriated
   from Algeria.  American-style
   console constructed locally.
   Six largest can swing by motor or by
   ancient method, but only 5 are so used.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 24
   Transposition is up  2 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 instrument was enlarged in 1981
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Prior history:
     In 1879, the instrument was begun with 27 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S6E24 
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The GCF page about this carillon has a description and two small photos, which cannot be enlarged.

The French Wikipedia article about the town has a photo of the building, which was important in the history of the town.  The arms of the city include a bell, but the bells of the church are not mentioned.
The corresponding article about the building has a section about the carillon.

Photos of the building

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous 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/Haute-Garonne.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/01/23