*Location:

   Basilique Saint-Sernin
   Place Saint-Sernin
   Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
   LL: N 43.60855, E 1.44216

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*Player:

   André Briols

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Louison; ancient manual clavier
   for 18 bells plus independent pedal
   for 4 bells of the Angelus;
   altogether 6 swinging bells

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 22 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in unknown year
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The French Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it.  There is a section about the tower, which mentions 18 bells playable from a keyboard plus 6 swinging bells.

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  5-May-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/05/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/07/25