COMPOSITION 1933
The third enlargment of the organ
The most recent renovation (1999-2005) was conducted by Bernard
Dargassies, under supervision of Jacques Taddei (the titulare at that time,
who also raised the - private - funds) and Jean-Louis Coignet, Organ Advisor
to the City of Paris.
According to Dargassies many of the harmonic-length pipes had been
damaged and disfigured. The expression shutters of the Swell were rendered
useless by a wall of pipes of the new Soubasse of the Pedal. The wind
pressures had been "changed" over the years due to a variety of factors, due
to insufficient maintenance and new regulator springs installed in 1962 that
lost their tension over the years. The 1962 console barely missed being
consumed by fire caused by hazardous electrical connections made over the
years.
THE MOBILE CONSOLE
The mobile console permits the p;ublic let
the public see the organist playing and to
permit the performance of great
symphonic works with the orchestra
positioned around the console.
This console has a fourth keyboard (for the
chamades, orginally meant for a series of
additional stops which were never
realized). Stops marked are original stops
of Cavaillé-Coll.
THE ORGAN OF JACQUES TADDEI
The works of Dargassies included:
•
Removal of the plywood deflecting panels above the buffet.
•
Restauration of the pipes with as starting point a return to their original
character and reharmonisation of the neo-baroque stops to obtain a
homogeneous symphonic instrument.
•
Reconstruction of the wind supply (including the installation of new, large,
double-fold bellows identical to the original and added in symmetry to
guarantee a good wind supply) and original wind pressures.
•
Replacement of the noisy pneumatic motors and mechanical components .
•
Replacement of the electromecanic traction of Beuchet by an electronic
solid-state traction with an electronic Setzer
•
Restauration of the console
•
Changes in the composition:
Grand-Orgue, Récit, Pedal
•
Addition of a Trompette 8 en chamade (on the second floor).
Grand-Orgue
Putting back the 16’ resultant of the Plein Jeu
Positive
•
installing an additional windchest for the Positif at the place of the
Soubasse (Pedal) in order to place 6 new stops ((Tierce 1’3/5, Piccolo 1’ from
the Positif, Quinte 5-1/3, Tierce 3-1/5, Septième 2-2/7 et Unda Maris 8 flûté
(from the city stocks and the builders Dragassies, Gonzalez et Jacquot)
which could not hinder the sound of the Swell, while moving the Pedal
Soubasse pipes away from the front of the Swell shades.
•
lengthening of the Flûte octaviante (which was cut in 1962)
Récit
•
addition of a Cor de Nuit 8'
•
replacement of the Clairon 2’ by a Fifre harmonique 1’
•
addition of a Clarinette
Pedal
•
Reorganisation, resulting in the follwing stoplist : flûte 4, flûte 2, soubasse
16, basse 8, quinte 10 2/3.
•
Ajout une Contrebombarde 32 ( of wood in the first octave)
Other works
•
addition of two tremblants
•
transfer of the console to the first floor
•
installation of a new mobile console on the floor of the church.
To read: Notes on the Organ in the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde
BUFFET
Next concert
21 • 09 • 2024, 5 PM
Olivier Penin (titulaire)