PULLY : SWITZERLAND

   Le Carillon de Chantemerle

*Location:

   Eglise de la Rosiaz
   Pl.Chantemerle
   Avenue de Belmont at Avenue de l'Avenir
   Pully, Vaud, Switzerland
   LL: N 46.51699, E 6.66147
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*Player:

   Daniel D. R. Thomas
   E: dt@carillonneur.ch
   - and -
   Jean-François Cavin
*Past Carillonneurs: 
   Jacques Viret

*Contact:

   Les Amis de Carillon de Chantemerle
   Chemin de Beaumont 8
   1053 Cugy

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original added semitones were flat 7th
   and its octave, flat 10th, flat 12th.
   New bells by Perner, Passau.
   Planned for 4 octaves eventually.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C E   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 2011
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1953, the instrument was begun with 19 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The carillon's own Website still reflects the original 19 bells.

Tower photo (78KB) from the GCCS Website.

The Website of the Friends of the Carillon of Chantemerle has the concert schedule, photos, audio and video clips (all in French).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Switzerland.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/10/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/10/20

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