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Versailles, chateau
1 Place Léon Gambetta, 78000 VersaillesCabinet de Mme Adelaïde
Chapelle royal>
Château de Versailles Spectacles >
1747 - Nicolas Sommer
1867/1897 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
1937 - Victor Gonzalez
II/8- mechanical traction
Grand-orgue (54 notes) Montre 8 Bourdon 8 Prestant 4 Doublette 2 Cromorne 8 Récit (30 notes) Bourdon 8 Flûte 4 Cornet III Pédalier (taken down) à la française (13 notes)
The so-called "Dauphin's organ" in Madame
Adelaide's large cabinet is reputed to have been
made for a member of the royal family, but its
identification is still uncertain. It was placed in this
room to evoke the great attraction of Louis XV's
children to music.
The organ is probably one of three cabinet organs
commissioned from organ builder Nicolas
Sommer in 1747 for the Dauphin, the Dauphine
and Madame Adélaïde. The organ was moved to
Saint-Sulpice in 1804 (first in the Chapelle de la
Vierge, then in the Chapelle des Cathéchismes)
and in 1968 again transferred to Versailles.
The windchests and transmission are by Cavaillé-
Coll. The pipes are from Cavaillé-Coll and Danion-
Gonzalez.
In 2024, a call was issued for the restoration of this
organ.
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Organs of Paris
Versailles, chateau
1 Place Léon Gambetta, 78000 VersaillesCabinet de Mme Adelaïde
Chapelle royal>
Château de Versailles Spectacles >
1747 - Nicolas Sommer
1867/1897 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
1937 - Victor Gonzalez
II/8- mechanical traction
Grand-orgue (54 notes) Montre 8 Bourdon 8 Prestant 4 Doublette 2 Cromorne 8 Récit (30 notes) Bourdon 8 Flûte 4 Cornet III Pédalier (taken down) à la française (13 notes)
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The so-called "Dauphin's organ" in Madame Adelaide's large
cabinet is reputed to have been made for a member of the
royal family, but its identification is still uncertain. It was
placed in this room to evoke the great attraction of Louis
XV's children to music.
The organ is probably one of three cabinet organs
commissioned from organ builder Nicolas Sommer in 1747
for the Dauphin, the Dauphine and Madame Adélaïde. The
organ was moved to Saint-Sulpice in 1804 (first in the
Chapelle de la Vierge, then in the Chapelle des
Cathéchismes) and in 1968 again transferred to Versailles.
The windchests and transmission are by Cavaillé-Coll. The
pipes are from Cavaillé-Coll and Danion-Gonzalez.
In 2024, a call was issued for the restoration of this organ.
Source
Plus d’information