Versailles, Cathédrale
Saint Louis
4 place Saint Louis, 78000 Versailles
Orgue de choeur OdT>
1837 - John Abbey
1880 - Aristid Cavaillé-Coll
1911 - Charles Mutin
1940/47 -Jules Bossier
1978 - Adrien Maciet
2001 - Gildas Ménoret
II/14 (15) - transmissions mécaniques
stoplist
I : Grand-Orgue (56 notes)
Bourdon 16'
Montre 8'
Flûte Harmonique 8'
Bourdon 8'
Prestant 4'
Doublette 2'
Plein-Jeu III rgs
II : Récit expressif (56 notes)
Flûte douce 8'
Salicional 8'
Voix Céleste 8'
Flûte octaviante 4'
Basson 16'
Trompette 8'
Basson-Hautbois 8’
Pédale (30 notes)
Soubasse 16’ (emprunt du GO)
14 jeux - 2 claviers manuels de 56 notes et pédalier 30 notes
Transmission mécanique des claviers et des jeux
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Accouplements : II/I ( 8,16')
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Tirasses : I/P - II/P
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Appel + renvoi d'anches (du Récit) :
l'astucieux mécanisme permet toujours
par la rotation des tirants de pré-sélectionner
les jeux correspondants.
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Appel Mixture GO
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Appel trémolo général
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Expression Récit par cuiller
Le jeu de Soubasse n'a toujours pas de tirant,
l'appel et le renvoi se font par une cuillère
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Christian Ott
photos: Vincent Hildebrandt
The cathedral choir organ was built in 1837 by John
Abbey, established in Versailles. In 1863, the instrument
was restored by Cavaillé-Coll, who made some
modifications. In 1880, the instrument was rebuilt and
extended by Cavaillé-Coll in a new buffet and console.
Abbey's materials were reused. The instrument increased
to fifteen stops. In 1911, Charles Mutin made changes. In
1940 and 1947: two interventions by Bossier in the neo-
classical style, adding mutations to the GO (nazard and
tierce) and placing the Plein Jeu to the Swell on a
separate wind chest. In 1978, Adrien Maciet made a
complete readjustment of the mechanics, changed the
bench that had become too narrow and installed a new
30-note pedal. In 2001, a restoration by Gildas Ménoret
of Nantes: return to the Abbey-Cavaillé-Coll organ
(removal of the mutations of the GO, restitution of the
Romantic Plein Jeu on the Swell).
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