The Paccard family has owned and operated the Paccard Bell Foundry for eight generations. Worldwide operations are directed by Philippe Paccard, working closely with his wife Anne. His brother Cyril and son Thomas, both engineers, are involved in the structural design and electronic harmonics of the Ars Sonora.
Paccard Family Facts
- The company manufactures bronze bells much the same way as it did in 1796 when it made its first bell, which is still in use today.
- Paccard has manufactured about 125,000 bells since the company鈥檚 founding.
- One of Paccard鈥檚 most famous bells is 鈥淟a Savoyarde,鈥 an 18,835-pound bell at the Sacr茅-C艙ur Basilica in Paris.
- 57 replicas of the 鈥淟iberty Bell鈥 were commissioned in 1950 by the United States government.
- Paccard鈥檚 鈥淲orld Peace Bell鈥 in Newport, KY, is the world鈥檚 largest swinging bell at 75,837 pounds.
In the late 1990s, the Paccard Bell Foundry created the Ars Sonora concept.
The Ars Sonora鈥檚 bells are being manufactured at the Paccard Bell Foundry in the picturesque town of Annecy, France, known as the 鈥淰enice of the Alps.鈥
