Carillon 35 cloches à Champagney

The inheritance of Champagney is rich of a marvellous instrument which, delivered to the human madness and the whims of nature was likely to be keep silent forever. 1929: birth of the chime, under the impulse of a talented musician in the person of the STRONG Canon. He thus carries out a dream which was due to him in heart since strong a long time. The chance factor plays in its favour, because the bell-tower of the inhabitant of Franche-Comté type is not really designed to shelter such an instrument but offers a sufficient capacity of reception to the development of the project. On June 16, 1929, its Eminence Cardinal BINET proceeds to the blessing of the chime, financed by the sums of money of the Church. 21 granted bells of C with the higher octave. 3 first: Marie-Eugenie (do3), Marie-Josèphe (ré3) and Clementine (mi3) melted in 1873 in Metz by François BRACKET are baptized on February 24 of the same year. The fourth: Jeanne-Helene (sol3) left the Paccard establishments in Annecy in 1929 receives the blessing on June 16, 1929 with l' together born this year there. It is put into stolen in 1985. For young people of between us, it is useful to specify that the life of antan to the ringings which were used as time benchmark, thus the Angelus rythmait was closely related the life of the peasants in the fields. 1975: the fate is baited again on our bell-tower. The lightning plunges the chime during a new time of dumbness, with the great disappointment of all. 1982: some still have in memory the memory of the air melodies, Doctor FRECHIN in particular, native of Champagney, fact share of its wish of giving again voice with the instrument. A dated February 19, 1982 assembly, gives rise to an association: " FRIENDS OF CARILLON". On Sunday April 14, 1985, officially and religieusement the efforts OF the FRIENDS OF the CHIME succeed. L' Eglise Saint Laurent presents to the sacrament the 7 last-born ones. Then the task OF the FRIENDS OF the CHIME continues. A school of chime is created to ensure perenniality of it. Roger CAMPREDON takes in hand three pupils, a man and two women and retransmet what one formerly taught to him. Only one pupil, impassioned by the instrument, will answer his requirements: Mr Christian LUXEUIL. On August 28, 1997, a delegation led by Mr Michel LECOT, new president of the Friends of the Chime since 1995, attends the birth of Pebble-Julie, Johonna-Marie and Josèphe-Elodie with Sevrier in the walls of l' Paccard company, action financed by the municipality of Champagney.