Notre Dame

de la gare

Place Jeanne d'arc, 75013 Paris

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.

C1 Thanks to a donor, the parish received the current Grand-Orgue built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1863 (opus 165). The latter was not originally intended for this church, it had probably been intended for a convent near Saint- Omer, but the original composition, the case and the ornate bench (with lyres on the sides) may be reminiscent of a house organ. It had 22 stops on two 54- note manuals and a 25-note pedalboard (only ‘en tirasse’). At the beginning of the 20th century, a restoration was undertaken by Charles Mutin. He replaced the window console with an independent one, installed a Barker machine, increased the range of the pedalboard to 30 notes and added a 16' Soubasse as well as an 8' Flute (using part of the pipes of the façade). In the Swell, the Clairon was shifted to Trumpet and the Piccolo was replaced by a Nazard (denoted Quinte on the console). In 1928, restoration work was entrusted to Gaston Gutschenritter. On this occasion, the range of the keyboards was increased to 56 notes, a 4' pedal flute was added, as well as a Barker machine of the Grand-Orgue. In 1943, Gutschenritter added a 32' Soubasse to the pedal, with a first octave borrowed from the 16' Soubasse, supplemented by 12 10' 2/3 Fifth pipes. During this intervention, the voicing was retouched, especially for the Plein-Jeu and the Cornet. The original pitch of the organ of 435 Hz was raised to 440 Hz, probably by Gutschenritter or Haerpfer. In 1982-1985 a restoration was undertaken by Haerpfer, Gutschenritter-Masset. The pedal swas rebuilt with mechanical traction. A restoration was carried out in 1995-1997 by organbuilder Daniel Kern. A new pedal was installed and the voicing was partly reworked. The maintenance of the organ was transferred from Kern to Cicchero and is now entrusted to Yves Fossaert.

1863 - Cavaille-Coll (1) 1881 - Cavaille-Coll (6) 1904 - Mutin (5) 1928 - Gutschenritter (6) 1943 - Gutschenritter (3b) 1984 - Gutschenritter-Masset/Haerpfer (6) 1997 - Kern (5)

II/25 - traction mécanique

composition

Organistes titulaires Lucile Dollat & Louis Jullien Concerts Seldom Masses with organ Saturday 6:30 PM, Sunday 9:30 AM, 11:00 Am, 6:30 PM Videos - Photo organ case: Pierre Marteau Photos console: Vincent Hildebrandt

Organs of Paris

Notre Dame

de la gare

Place Jeanne d'arc, 75013 Paris

C1 Thanks to a donor, the parish received the current Grand- Orgue built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1863 (opus 165). The latter was not originally intended for this church, it had probably been intended for a convent near Saint-Omer, but the original composition, the case and the ornate bench (with lyres on the sides) may be reminiscent of a house organ. It had 22 stops on two 54-note manuals and a 25-note pedalboard (only ‘en tirasse’). At the beginning of the 20th century, a restoration was undertaken by Charles Mutin. He replaced the window console with an independent one, installed a Barker machine, increased the range of the pedalboard to 30 notes and added a 16' Soubasse as well as an 8' Flute (using part of the pipes of the façade). In the Swell, the Clairon was shifted to Trumpet and the Piccolo was replaced by a Nazard (denoted Quinte on the console). In 1928, restoration work was entrusted to Gaston Gutschenritter. On this occasion, the range of the keyboards was increased to 56 notes, a 4' pedal flute was added, as well as a Barker machine of the Grand-Orgue. In 1943, Gutschenritter added a 32' Soubasse to the pedal, with a first octave borrowed from the 16' Soubasse, supplemented by 12 10' 2/3 Fifth pipes. During this intervention, the voicing was retouched, especially for the Plein-Jeu and the Cornet. The original pitch of the organ of 435 Hz was raised to 440 Hz, probably by Gutschenritter or Haerpfer. In 1982-1985 a restoration was undertaken by Haerpfer, Gutschenritter-Masset. The pedal swas rebuilt with mechanical traction. A restoration was carried out in 1995-1997 by organbuilder Daniel Kern. A new pedal was installed and the voicing was partly reworked. The maintenance of the organ was transferred from Kern to Cicchero and is now entrusted to Yves Fossaert.

1863 - Cavaille-Coll (1) 1881 - Cavaille-Coll (6) 1904 - Mutin (5) 1928 - Gutschenritter (6) 1943 - Gutschenritter (3b) 1984 - Gutschenritter-Masset/Haerpfer (6) 1997 - Kern (5)