*Location: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Taninges Rue de la Poste (D907) at Avenue de Thezieres (D902) (town center) Taninges, Haute-Savoie, France LL: N 46.10715, E 6.59180
*Carillonist: Antoine Cordoba E: cordoba.ant74@gmail.com*Former carillonists: Jean-Bernard Lemoine ~2009 Anne Abel ~1995-~2009 Monique Larnac ~1995 Marius Cachat *Contact: Association du Carillon de Taninges E: carillondetaninges/@/wanadoo DOTfr *Schedule: Wednesdays in July and early August. *Remarks: Original keyboard included space for 30 bells, with 12 pedals. Restored in 1986. Expansion of 1989 included 5 new bells plus a recycled bell cast in 1767. Practice keyboard acquired in 1996. Expansion in 2005 included 3 basses and 7 trebles. Keyboard built for 4.5 octaves, but photo before last expansion showed empty space for 7 trebles, and 9 bass keys plus 3 semitones (F#,G#,C#) were dropped. Tower also contains 3 swinging bells. *Technical data: Traditional carillon of 44 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown Transposition is unknown Keyboard range: ---- / ---- The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown. There is a practice console The instrument was enlarged in 2018 with bells made by unknown Prior history: In 2005, the instrument was enlarged to 40 bells by Eijsbouts Keyboard range was: G C / G C The arrangement of tones and/or semitones was non-standard; see Remarks above. In 2000, the instrument was enlarged to 30 bells by an unknown maker In 1999, the instrument was enlarged to 29 bells by an unknown maker In 1998, the instrument was enlarged to 26 bells by an unknown maker In 1989, the instrument was enlarged to 21 bells by an unknown maker In 1989, the instrument was enlarged to 20 bells by Paccard In 1939, the instrument was begun with 15 bells by Paccard Pitch of heaviest bell was C in the treble octave Transposition was up one octave Keyboard range was: C F# / ---- No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2024*Links:
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