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*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.friedrich2@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.ch
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Original chime of 1749 had cup-shaped bells (maker unknown), 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. Replaced by Paccard/Rüetschi in 1931. Expansion of 1986 also connected the hour bell (by Fribor c.1460) as sub-bourdon. The north and south towers contain swinging bells (see STP/1). Dec.2009: Expansion to 37 is planned.
*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 16 bells
by Paccard
In 1749, a complete instrument was installed
with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
(0 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 2006
*Links:
French-language article about the planned expansion from 20 to 37 bells by summer 2010; with clickable photo of some of the bells and the broek transmission.
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 16-Dec-09 based on textual data last updated on 2009/12/10 and on technical data last updated on 2008/07/06
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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