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Villers-le-Peuplier, België (Liège) - Église Saint-Martin
Municipal: Hannut
Region:Wallonie
Address: Place de l'Église, 4280, Villers-le-Peuplier

Description nr.: 2052499.

Built by: Henri De Volder (1865) - opus 124

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1865 Henri De Volder124 new organ
ca. 1935? Leo Joris  rebuild
1983 Emile Verschueren  reconstruction

  • Henri De Volder built an organ for the church of Villers-le-Peuplier in 1865. At an unknown time (before 1940) the organ was modified by the company Joris from Aarschot. They turned the organ case a quarter turn and installed a free-standing console with a larger pedal keyboard (with 27 instead of 18 keys). The Fourniture and the Voix Humaine were replaced by a Salicional and a Voix Céleste and the pedal has an independent Bourdon 16' on a pneumatic wind chest.
  • In 1983 the organ was reconstructed by the company Verschueren from Tongeren. Luc De Vos was the consultant. The Bourdon 16' has remained as an independent stop on the pedal, but was placed on a new mechanical chest. Examples of De Volder organs from the same period were used to create the two registers that had disappeared: the Fourniture and the keyboard according to the organ in Braives (opus 123) and the Voix Humaine according to the organ in Vierset-Barse (opus 125 ).

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual10
- Pédale1
Total number of stops11
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-g'''): Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Prestant 4', Flûte Ouverte 4', Flûte 4', Doublette 2', Cornet 5 rangs (8'), Fourniture 3 rangs (1') - 1983, Trompette 8' (B/D), Voix Humaine 8' - 1983.
Pédale (C-f°): Bourdon 16' - ca. 1935.
Couplers: Tirasse Permanente.

Compound stopComposition
Fourniture 3 rangs C: 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. cis°: 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. cis': 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. cis'': 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. cis''': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'.
Literature Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 1 : Province de Liège : Tome 1 - Arrondissement de Huy : Tome 2 - Arrondissement de Waremme / Luc De Vos. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1997.