BETHUNE - BC/1 : FRANCE

*Location:

   Beffroi communal (belfry)

   Grand-Place

   Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France

   LL: N 50.53104, E 2.63923

Site locator map or
City locator maps and gazetteer page (province incorrect, other data OK)
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*Player:

   André Dubois, carillonneur

   16, Rue Faidherbe

   59000 Lille

   T: 03 21 56 48 88

*Contact:

   Mairie de Béthune

   T: 03 21 63 11 11

   - or -

   Association des Amis des Carillons

   38 rue Faidherbe

   62400 Bethune

   T: 21 56 48 88

*Schedule:

   Auto play (drum) at the quarter hours;

   live play on great holidays, in May,

   and Christmas Eve.

*Remarks:

   Carillon of 1773, by Philippe de

   Corsin, destroyed 19 May 1918.

   For other bells, hung in the spire,

   see  BETHUNE - BC/2.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells

   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave

   Transposition is up one octave

   Keyboard range:     C C 49/    C F   

   There are no missing bass semitones

   The instrument was enlarged in 1988

     with bells made by Paccard     

   Prior history:

     In 1951, the instrument was begun with 35 bells

       by Paccard     

     In 1773, a complete instrument was installed

       with 37 bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above

       (0 bells remain from that work.)

   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

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

*Links:

The ARPAC Website presents much more detail than we can here, though it is all in French.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world. Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, 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 traditional carillons in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 19-Mar-08

   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14

   and on technical data last updated on 2008/03/14

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