Tune selection mechanism for a chiming timepiece

A chiming timepiece comprising:

• a timepiece movement and a manual control operable by a user and comprising at least one acoustic indication mechanism with a control mechanism arranged to control performance of at least one chime or tune by setting in motion at least one control lift to actuate at least one hammer arranged to strike a gong,
• where at least one of said at least one control lift is movable between at least one released position, in which the control lift is decoupled from said control mechanism, and a resting position, in which the control lift is able to be driven for the actuation of said hammer by said control mechanism that is set in motion, or also by said timepiece movement, or also by an actuator forming part of said manual control, and
• where said timepiece also comprises tune selection devices for selection of at least one particular chime or tune, which are controlled either by said timepiece movement or by a selector forming part of said manual control, and
• where said tune selection devices are arranged to control passage of said at least one control lift from a released position to the resting position or vice versa of the at least one control lift,
• where said acoustic indication mechanism comprises a plurality of control levels parallel to one another and parallel to lift planes, in which said control lifts are arranged, and in each of these control levels, said control mechanism comprises a control part, which, when said control part is set in motion by said timepiece movement or said actuator, is arranged to drive at least one said control lift positioned in said resting position of the at least one control lift and located in a lift plane coplanar with a control level of said control part,
• wherein said tune selection devices are arranged to simultaneously control in a given lift plane, the passage of each control lift controlled by said control part located at said control level, the control level controlling said given lift plane from one to the other of said released or resting positions of the control lift, and
• wherein said tune selection devices are arranged to simultaneously control in said given lift plane the passage of each control lift forming part of said lift plane from said released position to said resting position or vice versa of the control lift forming part such that at any instant when the tune selection devices are in a free state without interaction with said control part located at a control level controlling said given lift plane, all said control lifts forming part of said given lift plane are either in the released position or in the resting position.