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Chapelle

de la Congrégation du

Bon secours de Paris

20, rue Notre-dame-des-champs, 75006 Paris
1850 (~) - Cavaillé-Coll (or Suret?) (1)

II/18 - mechanical traction

composition

C1 The organ is an instrument built around 1850 by an unknown builder. It is nevertheless mentioned as a work by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll by his daughter Cecile. Some sources also attribute the instrument to Suret. The neo-Gothic oak buffet has two flat turrets, which frame a series of 6 flat faces that follow the curves of the rosette. The instrument ‘s design is a good example of the organ building before 1860: it is equipped with a single wind chest (GO at the front, REC at the back) and the Cor Anglais has free reeds. The console has the appearance of the primitive consoles of Cavaillé-Coll. The pedalboard of 19 notes type 'German' is very curious: it has a ‘ravalement’ of 3 notes to the A 0 , but these notes are not connected.
The origin of Notre-Dame de Bon Secours dates back to 1868, when Father Carton founded the Notre-Dame de Bon Secours asylum. The sisters of Sainte-Marie, then the Augustine sisters since 1908, have welcomed and cared for the elderly and orphans. Over the years, the asylum gradually became a full-fledged hospital.
Video of the chapel and the organ Photo of the organ: Jeroen de Haan
Organs of Paris

Chapelle

de la

Congrégation

du

Bon secours de

Paris

20, rue Notre-dame-des-champs, 75006 Paris
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C1 The organ is an instrument built around 1850 by an unknown builder. It is nevertheless mentioned as a work by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll by his daughter Cecile. Some sources also attribute the instrument to Suret. The neo-Gothic oak buffet has two flat turrets, which frame a series of 6 flat faces that follow the curves of the rosette. The instrument ‘s design is a good example of the organ building before 1860: it is equipped with a single wind chest (GO at the front, REC at the back) and the Cor Anglais has free reeds. The console has the appearance of the primitive consoles of Cavaillé-Coll. The pedalboard of 19 notes type 'German' is very curious: it has a ‘ravalement’ of 3 notes to the A 0 , but these notes are not connected.
1850 (~) - Cavaillé-Coll (or Suret?) (1)

II/18 - mechanical traction

composition

Video of the chapel and the organ Photo of the organ: Jeroen de Haan