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Notre Dame des

Blancs Manteaux

12, rue des Blancs-manteaux, 75004 Paris

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B2 Before the Revolution, the church had an organ, but no document survives on the circumstances during which the church was dispossessed of its organ before the Concordat. Its characteristics are unknown. In 1763, the instrument was maintained by Claude Ferrand. This organ disappeared during the French Revolution, around 1793. After the Concordat, an organ accompaniment made by organbuilder Larroque was installed in the choir of the church. In 1831, Louis Callinet began the construction of a large organ. In 1864, Joseph Merklin was commissioned to transfer the instrument to the current gallery, which was made up of eighteenth-century elements. The mechanics, windchests and wind tunnel were redone. Some detail stops and Plein- Jeux were also removed. The work was completed in 1867. In 1910, John-Albert Abbey abolished all mutation stops; the organ is reduced to 25 stops. In 1925, the instrument was restored and enlarged by Auguste Convers. The instrument is increased to 32 stops. The order of the keyboards was changed with the G0 in the first position. The Positive became expressive, a Barker machine at the GO was set up and a tubular pneumatic transmission for the Swell was installed. In 1962, following the bombings of 26 August 1944, during which the instrument was badly damaged, a reconstruction of the instrument in North German style was entrusted to Alfred Kern. The old case (1864) has been preserved, but its base has been modified and a back positive case has been added. Much of Callinet's piping has been preserved. The console is arranged in a central window and controls a suspended mechanism. The call of the stops is electropneumatic, which allowed the installation of two free combinations. In 1973, modifications by Afred Kern and Sons. In 1991, an overhaul by Dominique Lalmand (application of the Bach-Kellner temperament).
The story of Notre-Dame-des-blancs-Manteaux begins in the 13th century with the erection of a convent. The church, in classical style, was built in 1668. During the Revolution, as early as 1790, religious orders were abolished, monks of the White Mantles expelled, buildings looted and sold (1796 and 1797). The church was reopened to worship after the Concordat. In 1863, the architect Victor Baltard added an eighth span to Rue des Blancs-Manteaux. As a façade, he relocated the portal of the Church of the Barnabites, demolished during the drilling of the Boulevard du Palais. Artistically, the Church of the White Mantles houses a surprising number of religious paintings in its nave and its chapel Sainte-Geneviève. It is also home to a magnificent German Baroque-style preaching pulpit, acquired by Father Charles-Félix Garenne, parish priest of the church from 1831 until his death in 1878 and to whom most of the current furniture is owed.
1927
1968 - Alfred Kern (3) 1973 - Alfred & Daniel Kern (7) 1992 - Dominique Lalmand (6)

III/43 - traction mécanique -

composition

Organiste titulaire  Dominique Merlet, Matthieu Odinet  Famous organists in the past: Léonce de Saint Martin, Georges Guillard, Odile Bailleux. Concerts Régulièrement Masses with organ Saturday 6:15 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM Videos - Audio Marie-Claire Alain, Olivier Alain – L'art Du Canon Chez J.S. Bach (41 Canons Pour Deux Orgues)  Erato STU 71 103
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Notre Dame des

Blancs Manteaux

12, rue des Blancs-manteaux, 75004 Paris

Orgue de tribune OdC >

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B2 Before the Revolution, the church had an organ, but no document survives on the circumstances during which the church was dispossessed of its organ before the Concordat. Its characteristics are unknown. In 1763, the instrument was maintained by Claude Ferrand. This organ disappeared during the French Revolution, around 1793. After the Concordat, an organ accompaniment made by organbuilder Larroque was installed in the choir of the church. In 1831, Louis Callinet began the construction of a large organ. In 1864, Joseph Merklin was commissioned to transfer the instrument to the current gallery, which was made up of eighteenth-century elements. The mechanics, windchests and wind tunnel were redone. Some detail stops and Plein- Jeux were also removed. The work was completed in 1867. In 1910, John-Albert Abbey abolished all mutation stops; the organ is reduced to 25 stops. In 1925, the instrument was restored and enlarged by Auguste Convers. The instrument is increased to 32 stops. The order of the keyboards was changed with the G0 in the first position. The Positive became expressive, a Barker machine at the GO was set up and a tubular pneumatic transmission for the Swell was installed. In 1962, following the bombings of 26 August 1944, during which the instrument was badly damaged, a reconstruction of the instrument in North German style was entrusted to Alfred Kern. The old case (1864) has been preserved, but its base has been modified and a back positive case has been added. Much of Callinet's piping has been preserved. The console is arranged in a central window and controls a suspended mechanism. The call of the stops is electropneumatic, which allowed the installation of two free combinations. In 1973, modifications by Afred Kern and Sons. In 1991, an overhaul by Dominique Lalmand (application of the Bach-Kellner temperament).
1968 - Alfred Kern (3) 1973 - Alfred & Daniel Kern (7) 1992 - Dominique Lalmand (6)

III/43 - traction mécanique -

composition

Organiste titulaire  Dominique Merlet, Matthieu Odinet  Famous organists in the past: Léonce de Saint Martin, Georges Guillard, Odile Bailleux. Concerts Régulièrement Masses with organ Saturday 6:15 PM, Sunday 11:00 AM Videos - Audio Marie-Claire Alain, Olivier Alain – L'art Du Canon Chez J.S. Bach (41 Canons Pour Deux Orgues)  Erato STU 71 103