Notre Dame de Lorette
18 bis, rue de Chateaudun, 75009 Paris Orgue de tribune1838 - Cavaillé-Coll
1881 - Stolz
1902 - Mutin
1978 - Haerpfer-Erman
III/48 - mechanical traction - stoplist
Orgue de choeur1887 - Abbey
1997 - Fossaert
II/14 (12) - mechanical traction - stoplist
Photo’s GO and Choir organ: Jeroen de Haan Photo of the old console: Kurt Lueders Photo of the new console: Jean Guilcher
This organ was the first Cavaillé-Coll organ built in Paris and
until 1975 well preserved. In 1975-1978, Haerpfer-Erman
completed a ‘restoration’ which became a complete disaster
and a black page in the history of the French organ heritage.
During this ‘restoration’, it was decided that 54 notes was not
enough, so there was a re-make of the chests to have 56
notes. That made it necessary to replace the whole mechanics.
And that made it necessary to replace the old console. To
complete the disaster, the harmonisation was changed into a
neo-baroque direction and the number of stops was extended
from 41 to 48. Fortunately, the old console was not destroyed,
but left behind somewhere on the organ loft and 31 stops of
Cavaillé-Coll were preserved (albeit modified).
Organs of Paris
Notre Dame de
Lorette
18 bis, rue de Chateaudun, 75009 Paris Orgue de tribune1838 - Cavaillé-Coll
1881 - Stolz
1902 - Mutin
1978 - Haerpfer-Erman
III/48 - mechanical traction - stoplist
Orgue de choeur1887 - Abbey
1997 - Fossaert
II/14 (12) - mechanical traction - stoplist
Photo’s GO and Choir organ: Jeroen de Haan Photo of the old console: Kurt Lueders Photo of the new console: Jean Guilcher
This organ was the first Cavaillé-Coll organ built in Paris
and until 1975 well preserved. In 1975-1978, Haerpfer-
Erman completed a ‘restoration’ which became a
complete disaster and a black page in the history of the
French organ heritage. During this ‘restoration’, it was
decided that 54 notes was not enough, so there was a
re-make of the chests to have 56 notes. That made it
necessary to replace the whole mechanics. And that
made it necessary to replace the old console. To
complete the disaster, the harmonisation was changed
into a neo-baroque direction and the number of stops
was extended from 41 to 48. Fortunately, the old
console was not destroyed, but left behind somewhere
on the organ loft and 31 stops of Cavaillé-Coll were
preserved (albeit modified).
