DOUAI - Mobile/2 : FRANCE

   Carillon ambulant de Douai,
     Région Nord, Pas-de-Calais

*Location:

   (mobile)
   Douai, Nord, France
Site locator map not applicable.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Dominique Wostyn
   "Le Couvent"
   26310 Recoubeau
   T: 04.75.31.36.57   F: 04.75.31.34.46
   E: wostyn/@/ wanadoo DOTfr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Replaces an older travelling carillon
   retired in 2005.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     --C   /    G G 24
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2004
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

A WCF page has a photo and details.

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

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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 traveling carillons in the world.

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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