Index to carillons and chimes by BollŽe

The BollŽe foundry has provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout the world.  See the bottom of this page for contact information and additional notes.
The sites are listed in order by the year of casting, which may be different from the year of installation.  Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument: Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:
  trad      - carillon with traditional keyboard
  trad*     - carillon with traditional keyboard now,
              but with other mechanism and/or chime size at the date cited
  great     - great bell (over 4 tonnes weight) not in a chime or carillon
  [...]     - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
NOTE: This index initially included only installations outside of Europe.  It is being expanded to have a wider geographic coverage.

BollŽe, Saint-Jean de Braye, OrlŽans, France

NOTRE DAME                    : USA - IN     1856 C  trad*
   Upper belfry
   Basilica of the Sacred Heart (RC)
   University of Notre Dame du Lac 
Notre Dame                    : USA - IN     1867 -  great
   Lower belfry
   Basilica of the Sacred Heart (RC)
   University of Notre Dame du Lac
BUFFALO - SJC                 : USA - NY     1870 C  [trad]
   St.Joseph's RC Cathedral
BUGLOSE                       : FRANCE       1915 I  non-trad
   Église (Basilique) Nôtre Dame
     de Buglose
BETHUNE - BC/2                : FRANCE       1928 C  trad?
   Beffroi communal (fléche)

Contact:

   Fonderie de Cloches BollŽe
      et MusŽe Campanaire
   156, Faubourg Bourgogne
   45800 Saint-Jean-de-Braye
      (prŹs d'OrlŽans)
   TŽl. 02 38 86 29 47
   Fax. 02 38 86 18 95

Museum hours:

   Apr-Sep:  1000-1200 and 1400-1900 Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri
             1000-1200 and 1400-1730 Sat,Sun
   Oct-Mar:                1400-1730 Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri
             1000-1200 and 1400-1730 Sat,Sun

Links:

The foundry today

Family history

Summary of history:

This family-owned foundry traces its roots to 1715.  For more than a century, the foundrymen were itinerant; they have occupied the present premises since 1838.  Current owners represent the 8th and 9th generation in this work.

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This index page was built from the database on 26-Sep-01 and last updated on 20-Apr-09.

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