*Location:

   Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
   La Maison symphonique
   Place des Arts
   Rue Saint-Urbain
     at Blvd. de Maisonneuve Ouest
   MontrÈal, QuÈbec, Canada
   LL: N 45.50939, W 73.56687

Site locator map

*Player:

   Serge Desgagnés, Principal Percussion

*Contact:

   Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
   1600 Rue Saint-Urbain
   MontrÈal, QC  H2X 0S1
   T: 514-842-9951  or  888-842-9951
   E: Webform @ osm.ca
   - or -
      pouimet@osm.ca  [PR]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Conventional tower bells, individually
   mounted on wheeled carts that are
   also the bases of travelling cases;
   rung by hand with custom-made metal
   mallets.

     f#1, 901mm, 384kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     g1,  850mm, 323kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     a1,  757mm, 232kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     b1,  675mm, 152kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     c2,  637mm, 128kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     d#2, 535mm,  80kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     e2,  505mm,  66kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     g2,  425mm,  40kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     a#2, 357mm,  24kg, 2024, Eijsbouts
     b2,  337mm,  20kg, 2024, Eijsbouts

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G --  /    NONE  
   Transposition is down 1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to B 
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2024
     with bells made by Eijsbouts        
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The orchestra Website (in both English and French) has a long page about the bells; photos show the original four (G,C,D#,E).  The embedded video (6:06) can also be found here.

News article (17Se'24) about these bells

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in QU.

   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/20