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Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil
1, rue Corot, 75016 Paris
1885 - Cavaillé-Coll
1912 - Mutin
1937 - Gloton-Debierre
1963 - Picaud/Barbéris
1984 - Barbéris
2000 - Swiderski
2018 - Lacorre
Photo buffet : Jeroen de Haan
Other photos: Victor Weller
A first instrument built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1877 had
45 stops, but the instrument did not remain in the
church because it was requisitioned to be installed in
the enclosure of the newly built Trocadéro Palace in
1878 .
The parish priest of Notre-Dame d’Auteuil, Pierre
Lamazou then ordered another organ from Cavaillé-
Coll, who completed it in 1885 (opus 105). It had 32
stops spread over two 54-note keyboards and a 30-
note Pedal board. Inaugurated by Charles-Marie
Widor (Saint-Sulpice) and Henri Dallier in 1885, the
two-key organ was restored in 1912 by Mutin. An
expressive Positive by the organ-buider Gloton-
Debierre is added in 1937-1938, while fully
respecting the harmony of the three Cavaillé-Coll
sound planes (Grand-Orgue, Récit, Pédale). On this
occasion the number of stops increased to 53 and
the organ electrifies the transmissions (Debierre
electro-pneumatic system) and set up a new
console*. For this restoration-extension, the opinion
of two renowned musicians: Louis Vierne and Albert
Alain was requested.
In 1962-63 the instrument was dusted off by Barbéris
and Picaud (Maison Debierre) and a lifting took place
in 1983 under the leadership of Henri Veysseyre
carried out by Jacques Barbéris.
Finally in 2015-2018 the organ was restored by the
organ maker Denis Lacorre under the contracting
authority of the city of Paris.
Technically, the grand-organ keyboard is
reconfigured as in 1885 by the removal of the
Beuchet Cymbal, the re-establishment of the Plein-
Jeu Cavaillé (resulting from 16 then 32 ’), and re-
setting of the double pressures. In Positif, the flute
mutations desired by Gloton (former worker of the
Cavaillé-Coll firm) are installed.
It was decided to keep the Gloton Plein-Jeux at the
Swell due to their good workmanship, but
adjustments were made by adding conventional
Plein-Jeux to the three keyboards (resulting 8 ’on the
Grand-Orgue).
An Unda Maris game is added to the GO keyboard.
The wind supply and the windchests have also been
revised.
The transmission of notes and stops is digital, while
the Gloton console has been preserved with
additions of sostenutos and pedal cut-off.
All in all, it is a magnificent instrument allowing the
performance of the symphonic and romantic
repertoire, as well as that of the 1930s: Messiaen,
Fleury, Dupré, Duruflé for example.
* Gloton shifted the pedal chests to the lateral
galleries, added a 32’ Soubasse and placed both
Positif swellboxes into the space freed in the main
case by the displacement of the Pedal division. On
the GO, a Fourniture IV, Cymbale IV and a Flûte
douce 4’ was added. On the Récit, a Nasard 2 2/3 and
a Fourniture IV was added. On the pedal, also a
Fourniture IV was added and the 32-16-8 Flûtes
foundations were duplicated.
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* Gloton shifted the pedal chests to the lateral galleries, added a
32’ Soubasse and placed both Positif swellboxes into the space
freed in the main case by the displacement of the Pedal division.
On the GO, a Fourniture IV, Cymbale IV and a Flûte douce 4’ was
added. On the Récit, a Nasard 2 2/3 and a Fourniture IV was
added. On the pedal, also a Fourniture IV was added and the 32-
16-8 Flûtes foundations were duplicated.
Message of Frédéric Blanc on the recent restoration of
his organ (in French).
Video of the console-2018.
Une interview d'Olivier Latry
The Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil church was built in 1877-
1892 in a Romanesque-Byzantine style by the
architect Joseph-Émile Vaudremer.
A photo of the organ with the original
console of Cavaillé-Coll