Complete description of the selected organ
Soiron, België (Liège) - Église Saint-Roch
Municipal: Pepinster
Region:Wallonie
Address: Soiron-Centre, 4861, Soiron
Website: https://www.paroisses-pepinster.be/
Description nr.: 2065837.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1730)
Technical data
Specification
Grand Orgue (C-g'''): Violon 16', Bourdon 16', Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Violon 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Praestant 4', Flûte 4', Doublette 2', Cornet 3 rangs (from cis'), Bombarde 16', Trompette 8', Clairon 4'.
Positif de Dos (C-g'''): Bourdon 8', Praestant 4', Flûte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Cornet 3 rangs (from cis'), Cymbale 2 rangs - not present, Cromhorn 8', Trémolo.
Pédale (C-d'): Contrebasse 16' - transmission, Flûte 8' - transmission, Bombardon 16' - transmission.
Couplers: Tirasse Grand Orgue.
Soiron, België (Liège) - Église Saint-Roch
Municipal: Pepinster
Region:Wallonie
Address: Soiron-Centre, 4861, Soiron
Website: https://www.paroisses-pepinster.be/
Description nr.: 2065837.
Built by: Builder unknown (ca. 1730)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | ca. 1730 | Builder unknown | new organ | 1804/1815 | François-Joseph Rifflart | reconstruction | 1861 | Arnold Graindorge | restoration | 1892 | Charles Anneessens | restoration |
- The village church of Soiron, dedicated to Saint-Roch, was built in the years 1723-1730. It is assumed that a new organ was also installed in 1730, probably a donation of the family Woelmont, which also donated all the furniture of the new church. The organ case suggests that it was constructed in this period. It is almost sure that the original instrument had three manuals (Grand Orgue, Positif de Dos and Écho). The maker is unknown.
- After the French Revolution the organ was not playable anymore. Soldiers did loot the metal pipes from the organ. Ferdinand -Joseph Rifflart reconstructed a two-manual organ in the cases in 1804 or 1815. He used materials from two second hand organs (from the Abbaye de Boneffe and from the Dames Blanches of Huy).
- The instrument was repaired in 1861 by Arnold-Joseph Grandorge. Work was carried out on the organ around 1867, and in 1892 Charles Anneessens carried out a restoration. The wind chest of the Grand Orgue could be from Anneessens, that of the Positif is from Rifflart. On the Positif there is one empty slide, prepared for a Cymbale 2 ranks.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Grand Orgue | 13 |
| - Positif de Dos | 8 |
| - Pédale | 3 (0) |
| Total number of stops | 24 (21) |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Grand Orgue (C-g'''): Violon 16', Bourdon 16', Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Violon 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Praestant 4', Flûte 4', Doublette 2', Cornet 3 rangs (from cis'), Bombarde 16', Trompette 8', Clairon 4'.
Positif de Dos (C-g'''): Bourdon 8', Praestant 4', Flûte 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Cornet 3 rangs (from cis'), Cymbale 2 rangs - not present, Cromhorn 8', Trémolo.
Pédale (C-d'): Contrebasse 16' - transmission, Flûte 8' - transmission, Bombardon 16' - transmission.
Couplers: Tirasse Grand Orgue.
| Literature |
Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 7 : Province de Liège : Tome 11 - Arrondissement de Verviers / Eric Mairlot. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1998. |