CHAMBERY : FRANCE

*Location:

   Château des Ducs de Savoie 
   Chambéry, Savoie, France
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*Player:

   Jean-Pierre Vittot 
   Myans 
   73800 Montmelian 
   T: 79 28 14 40 
   - and - 
   Abbé Marc Guilmot

*Contact:

  (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Saturday 1115-1215 (Vittot) and 
   1800-1830 (Guilmot)

*Remarks:

   First 37 bells cast for 1937 World's 
   Fair before being installed here;
   removed in 1986.  An old report cites 
   the Chateau des Ducs de Bourgogne.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 70 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     G F   /    G C 29
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1992
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1960, the instrument was enlarged to its present size
       with bells made by an unknown maker
     In 1938, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Where the bass bell of this carillon ranks among all great bells in Europe.

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  7-May-06
   based on textual data last updated on 1995/04/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/22


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