GENEVA - STP/2 : SWITZERLAND

*Location:

   Central spire (fléche)
   Cathédrale St.Pierre
   Rue Guillaume Farel
   Genève (Geneva), Switzerland
   LL: 46.20092, E 6.14864

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*Player:

   François Delor, organiste titulaire
   - and -
   Andreas Friedrich   (A)
   30 Chemin du Môlan
   CH 1223 Cologny
   T: 022/860 18 90   F: 022/860 18 92
   E: andreas.friedrich@bluewin.ch

*Contact:

   Paroisse de Saint-Pierre
   24 Place du Bourg de Four
   CH-1204 Genève
   T: 022/319 71 90   F: 022/319 71 95
   E: paroisse /@/ saintpierre-geneve DOTch

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   One bell by Fribor c.1460 (the
   sub-bourdon; also serves as the hour
   bell), 16 by Paccard/Rüetschi 1931.
   Replaced a chime of 1749, which was
   controlled by a clock and played a
   different tune on each day of the week;
   it was restored in 1850 and 1897, but
   failed completely in 1930.
   The north and south towers contain
   swinging bells (see STP/1).

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range: (E) A E   /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 1991
     with  1 bells made by Rüetschi    
   Prior history:
     In 1986, the instrument was enlarged to 19 bells
       by Rüetschi    
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1931, the instrument was begun with 17 bells
       by Paccard/Rüetschi (except for 1)
     In 1749, a complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by an unknown maker
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

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

*Links:

A Website about concerts in the Cathedral has a fine photo of the building, viewed across the rooftops of the city.  There is also a minimal page about the carillon.  The Programme page lists scheduled carillon carillon concerts.

The French-language Wikipedia article about the Cathedral is quite extensive, with a section about the 28 bells which are distributed between the two towers and the spire.

The English-language Wikipedia article about the Cathedral is only a stub, but it has a photo of the north tower and spire.

Tourist page (in French) with three clickable photos of towers and spire

GCCS photo of the south transept tower and the crossing spire

For details of the 8 swinging bells in the north and south towers, and links related specifically to them, see our separate page (STP/1).

(Until more is known about the chime of 1749, it is not indexed by maker.)
Where the initial phase of the present work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world;
or alternatively in the sequence of output of the Rüetschi bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of the present work lies in the sequence of output of the Rüetschi bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of the present work lies in the sequence of output of the Rüetschi bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Switzerland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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