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Notre Dame
de la gare
Place Jeanne d'arc, 75013 Paris
1863 - Cavaille-Coll
1904 - Mutin
1928/43 - Gutschenritter
1983/84 - Gutschenritter/Haerpfer
1997 - Kern
II/25 - mechanical traction
Photo tribune: Pierre Marteau
Photos console: Vincent Hildebrandt
In the middle of the 19th century, following the
sharp increase in the population of this
industrial district, an additional place of worship
was needed. Like many churches in Paris, the
Second Empire took care of it. Notre-Dame-de-
la-Gare was built between 1855 and 1864 by
architect Claude Naissant (1801-1879). The style
chosen was roman of the late 12th century.
Organiste titulaire
Lucile Dollat & Louis Jullien
Concerts
Seldom
Messes avec orgue
Saturday 6:30 p.m.; Sunday 9:30 & 11 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
Vidéos
Lucile Dollat (upcoming)
Thanks to a donor the parish received the current
Grand-Orgue built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1863 (opus 165).
This instrument was originally not intended for this
church, but probably for a convent near Saint-Omer.
Nevertheless, the original composition, the case and
the bench worked (with lyres on the sides ) may be
reminiscent of a lounge organ. Originally, the
keyboards extended to 54 notes and the pedalboard
(only in “tirasse”) to 25 notes.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a restoration got
started by Charles Mutin. He carried the 30-note pedal
range and added a Soubasse 16 'and a Flute 8' (using
part of the pipes of the facade, which were then
canons-“chanoines”). In 1928, restoration works were
entrusted to the organ-builder G. Gutschenritter. On
this occasion, the range of keyboards was increased to
56 notes, a Flute of 4 'of pedal was added, as well as the
Barker machine of the Grand-Orgue. In 1943, the same
company added to the pedal a Soubasse 32 ', with the
first octave borrowed from Soubasse 16', completed
with 12 pipes of Quinte 10 '2/3. During this
intervention, the harmony was retouched, especially
for the Plein-Jeu and the Cornet. The original tuning of
the organ was raised from 435 Hz to 440 Hz, probably
by Gutschenritter or Haerpfer.
An other restoration was carried out in 1995-1997 by
the organ-maker Daniel Kern. A new pedal was placed
and the harmony was partly modified. The
maintenance of the organ went to the organ maker
Cicchero and is now entrusted to the factor Yves
Fossaert. The instrument was classified as a historic
monument by order of 20 June 1989.
Source: @aristidecavaillec0ll