The Marcel DUPRE auditorium is located in Meudon, in the house of the Master (built in 1860) who lived there from 1925 to 1971. Dupré had a music room added where he installed the organ built in 1899 by Charles Mutin for Alexandre Guilmant and installed in his house - now demolished - at 10 chemin de la station in Meudon, which was renamed in his name after his death. The neo- Gothic sideboard was designed by the Lille architect Buisine. The hall, decorated with 19th-century stained- glass windows, was used by Dupré for private concerts and became a mecca for music between the two wars. It originally had three manuals with 28 stops, as follows: Great organ (61 notes) : Bourdon 16', montre 8', flûte harmonique 8', salicional 8', prestant 4'. Positif expressif (61 notes) : Cor de nuit 8', flûte creuse 8', viole de gambe 8', flûte douce 4', nazard 2 2/3', quarte de nazard 2', tierce 1 3/5', cromorne 8'. Expressive recitative (61 notes) : Diapason 8', transverse flute 8', dulcian 8', celestial voice 8', octave flute 4', doublet 2', plein-jeu III ranks, harmonic trumpet 8', bassoon-hautbois 8'. Pedal (30 notes?) : Double bass 16', Bass 16', flute 8', drone 8', cello 8', bassoon 16'. Shots. I, II and III, acc. II/I, III/I in 16 and 8, III/II, I in 4, pedal reed, combination stops (quarter turn) I and III, extension III, recitative reeds, recitative tremolo. In 1926 Marcel Dupré bought a villa not far from Guilmant's house at 40 bd Anatole France in Meudon and acquired his organ, which was installed there by Joseph Beuchet, then director of Cavaillé-Coll. A solo division with 6 stops was added in 1932. The transmission of the stops was transformed into an electro-mechanical system to allow the use of the multiple combinations imagined by Dupré with sostenuto. The range of the keyboards was extended by an octave. The rocking combinations give the instrument a distinctly modernist feel. The instrument is used for concerts thanks to maintenance provided by Mr Jean-Claude Mérouze, and the Dupré villa in which it is housed was acquired in 1979 by a retired pharmacist who developed a passion for the organ after selling medicines. Another form of care! The organ is in good condition, but the acoustics are dry and the sensitivity of the keyboards requires flawless technique. Source facebook @Aristide Cavaillé-Coll