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Photo: Musée de la Musique Mécanique, Les Gets
Les Gets, France (Haute-Savoie (74)) - Église de la Nativité de Marie (Notre-Dame)
Municipal: Les Gets
Region:Rhône-Alpes
Address: 7 Impasse du Musée, 74260, Les Gets
Description nr.: 2047241.
Built by: Aeolian Company Ltd. (1910)
The organ in the church of Les Gets is a special instrument for France: it is a organ by the Aeolian Company, built for a music room in Londen, and having the ability to play automatically with paper rolls. The organ was owned by George Davison. When he moved to France, the organ was also moved in 1923 to Cap d'Antibes. Is stayed there until 1994, when it was restored by Xavier Silbermann and the company Manufacture des Orgues Limonaires Fournier and relocated to Les Gets. In this town there is a museum of mechanical instruments.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Deep Flute 16', Flute 8', String Vibrato 8', String P 8', String PP 8', Flute 4', Trumpet 8', Clarinet 8', Oboe 8', Tremolo.
Echo Organ (C-c''''): Pastorita 8', Vox Humana 8', Serafieno 2', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Deep Bass 16'.
Other stops: Carillon (20 notes), Chimes (49 notes), Harp, Metalphone.
Couplers: Echo to Great, Great Octave, Great Sub Octave, Great Unison Off.
Accessories: Piano, Mezzo-Forte, Forte.
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Photo: Musée de la Musique Mécanique, Les Gets
Les Gets, France (Haute-Savoie (74)) - Église de la Nativité de Marie (Notre-Dame)
Municipal: Les Gets
Region:Rhône-Alpes
Address: 7 Impasse du Musée, 74260, Les Gets
Description nr.: 2047241.
Built by: Aeolian Company Ltd. (1910)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1910 | Aeolian Company Ltd. | new organ | 1994 | Xavier Silbermann | transfer/relocate | 1994 | Manufacture des Orgues Limonaires Fournier | transfer/relocate |
The organ in the church of Les Gets is a special instrument for France: it is a organ by the Aeolian Company, built for a music room in Londen, and having the ability to play automatically with paper rolls. The organ was owned by George Davison. When he moved to France, the organ was also moved in 1923 to Cap d'Antibes. Is stayed there until 1994, when it was restored by Xavier Silbermann and the company Manufacture des Orgues Limonaires Fournier and relocated to Les Gets. In this town there is a museum of mechanical instruments.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1910 | London, UK | Residence of George Davison |
| 1923 | Cap d'Antibes | Residence of George Davison |
| 1994 | Les Gets | Église de la Nativité de Marie (Notre-Dame) |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Echo Organ | 3 |
| - Pedal Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 13 |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Deep Flute 16', Flute 8', String Vibrato 8', String P 8', String PP 8', Flute 4', Trumpet 8', Clarinet 8', Oboe 8', Tremolo.
Echo Organ (C-c''''): Pastorita 8', Vox Humana 8', Serafieno 2', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Deep Bass 16'.
Other stops: Carillon (20 notes), Chimes (49 notes), Harp, Metalphone.
Couplers: Echo to Great, Great Octave, Great Sub Octave, Great Unison Off.
Accessories: Piano, Mezzo-Forte, Forte.
- Jean-Alain Ripoche
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