*Location:

   Église Saint-Léger
   Rue de la République (D19)
     at Rue de l'Eglise
   Saint-Léon, Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.40028, E 1.56076

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   Maël Proudom, Secrétaire de la
     association Carillons en Pays d'Oc

*Contact:

   Mairie de Saint-Léon
   Hôtel de ville
   1, Place de la République
   31560 Saint-Léon
   T: 05/61 81 92 03   F: 05/61 81 77 41
   E: accueil.mairie/@/saintleon DOTfr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Vinel and Louison, 19th c.;
   octave with sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   also a disused ancient chiming machine.
   A baton keyboard with 23-note manual
   and no pedal has been constructed;
   fund-raising for 13 additional bells
   (plus 2 to be recast) is underway.
   Two-octave practice keyboard with one
   octave pedalboard at school of music.
   Three swingers in main belfry, disused.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 23/    NONE  
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are two added semitones
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 18__
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nE    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The French Wikipedia article about the town mentions the church by name but has no photo or description of it.

The Association Carillons en Pays d'Oc has a page about this instrument (in French), With photos of playing and practice keyboards, plus video (1:40) in the belfry.

Two photos of the building

Page about the project to expand the chime

The town Website has a page about the project to enlarge this chime, with a panoramic photo of the town (showing the church tower at the center) and three downloadable PDFs.

The village's Facebook presence opens with a photo centered on the church.

Photos of the building

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all French chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all French chimes by year of completion.

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 2024/08/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/09