*Location:

   Église Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche
   Place du général de Gaulle
   Rue Gaston Baratte at Rue du Dr Roux
   Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Nord, France
   LL: N 50.61946, E 3.15922

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Autoplay on the half hour, 0800-2000.

*Remarks:

   Chromatic minus upper C#.
   Cast by Ernest Leduc, installed by
   Roubaix watchmaker René Catoire;
   also 4 large swingers by Jean Bollée,
   1966.  All replace an old chime plus
   3 larger bells, taken in Feb.1917.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     C D#  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1923
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     Previously, the complete instrument of  9 bells was installed
       with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

The French Wikipedia article about the church has photos of the building and recounts the history of the bells in detail.

Photos of the building

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase o 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/Nord.

   This page was built from the database on 27-Apr-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/04/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/04/22