*Location:

   Cathédrale Saint-Joseph
   Av.Mercier at Rue Gamble O (Rte.117)
   Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
   LL: N 48.24052, W 79.02466

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Paroisse Sainte-Trinité
   75, rue Mercier
   Rouyn-Noranda, QC  J9X 5C4
   T: 819-762-4751   F: 819-762-3036
   E: info@paroissesaintetrinite.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Notes C,F,G,A,Bb,B,C,D; bourdon cracked
   in 1959 and was silent until recast
   in France.
   Perrot installed new ringing system
   and hour-strike hammer in 2017.

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 2016
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1957, the complete instrument of  8 bells was installed
       with bells made by vanBergen   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: H     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2017

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

The French Wikipedia article about the building has a clickable photo of it, and a paragraph about the bells.

The Website of the maker of the controllers has two photos of the tower, as well as a photo of the new bass bell.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, 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 23-Jul-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/07/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/07/19