ORGANS OF PARIS 2.0 © 2022 Vincent Hildebrandt ALL ORGANS
Organiste titulaire
Ewa Lenartowicz
Concerts
Never
Masses with organ
Saturday 7 PM, Sunday 11 PM
Video
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Photo: Jeroen de Haan
The organcase dates to 1770-1780 and is of unknown
origin. It was either the positif of a 16 foot organ, or the
case of a small organ of 8 foot. The instrumental part is
built by Cavaillé-Coll in the end of the XIXth century.
In 1970 Gonzalez changed the stoplist and
reharmonized and electrified it.
The organ has been restored in 2018 by Bernard
Dargassies:
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Total restoration of the Cavaillé-Coll wind chests
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Replacement of the transmission by a new
multiplex, which allowed the addition of ‘octaves
graves’ and ‘octaves aigues’
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Restoration of the Herman machines of the
keyboard traction
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Repair of the console with replacement of the
pulls of the stops and installation of a Setter
mechanism
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Replacement of the Flûte 4 and Quarte 2 by a Flûte
Octaviante 4 and a Octavin 2, adaptation of the
Cromorne, the Plein Jeu of Gonzalez, the
Doublette, derivation of the Bourdon 16 of the
Pedal to the GO, extension into a Bourdon 32
(Quinte 10 2/3).
A reconstruction of the Swell of Cavaillé-Coll (Gambe 8,
Voix Céleste 8, Cor de Nuit 8, Flûte Octaviante 4,
Basson-Hautbois 8, Trompette 8, Clairon 4.) was
discussed, but the sister-organist preferred to keep a
stoplist allowing more variety of stops.
Many thanks to Mr Bernard Dargassies for this
information.
This church was built between 1670 and 1676 by the
architect Charles Errard. Trained in Rome, he was very
inspired by the Italian style, then in vogue.
Transformed into military barracks during the French
Revolution, the church was awarded to the Polish
Missionin 1844 by Bishop Affre . It is currently the
main Polish church in Paris.