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Château-Gontier, France (Mayenne (53)) - Église Collégiale Saint-Michel
Forwarded from: Bruxelles - Exposition Universelle (1897)
Municipal: Château-Gontier
Region:Pays-de-la-Loire
Address: 5 rue Henri Dunant, 53200, Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
Description nr.: 2048199.
Built by: Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1897)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Grand Orgue (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Montre 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Prestant 4', Plein-Jeu 4 rangs.
Récit Expressif (C-g'''): Cor de Nuit 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Voix Céleste 8', Flûte Octaviante 4', Doublette 2', Sesquialtera 2 rangs, Cymbale 3 rangs, Trompette 8', Basson-Hautbois 8'.
Pédale (C-f'): Soubasse 16', Bourdon 8'.
Couplers: Accouplement du Récit au Grand Orgue, Accouplement du Récit au Grand Orgue en 16', Tirasse Grand Orgue, Tirasse Récit.
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Château-Gontier, France (Mayenne (53)) - Église Collégiale Saint-Michel
Forwarded from: Bruxelles - Exposition Universelle (1897)
Municipal: Château-Gontier
Region:Pays-de-la-Loire
Address: 5 rue Henri Dunant, 53200, Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
Description nr.: 2048199.
Built by: Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1897)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1897 | Aristide Cavaillé-Coll | new organ | 1925 | Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll | transfer/relocate | 1937 | Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll | transfer/relocate | 1957 | Etablissements Gonzalez | restoration and enlargement | 1980 | Jean-Georges Koenig | restoration |
- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll built a two-manual organ for the Exposition Universelle of Brussels in 1897. In 1925 the instrument was installed in the Église des Batignolles in Paris, but already in 1937 it was sold to the Collège Saint-Michel in Château-Gontier. The company Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll relocated the organ.
- In 1957 the instrument was renovated by Victor Gonzalez, who also installed some new ranks. In 1980 the company Koenig restored the organ.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1897 | Bruxelles | Exposition Universelle |
| 1925 | Paris | Église Saint-Michel-des-Batignolles (17e arrondissement) |
| 1937 | Château-Gontier | Église Collégiale Saint-Michel |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Grand Orgue | 5 |
| - Récit Expressif | 9 |
| - Pédale | 2 |
| Total number of stops | 16 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 433 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
Specification
Grand Orgue (C-g'''): Bourdon 16', Montre 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Prestant 4', Plein-Jeu 4 rangs.
Récit Expressif (C-g'''): Cor de Nuit 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Voix Céleste 8', Flûte Octaviante 4', Doublette 2', Sesquialtera 2 rangs, Cymbale 3 rangs, Trompette 8', Basson-Hautbois 8'.
Pédale (C-f'): Soubasse 16', Bourdon 8'.
Couplers: Accouplement du Récit au Grand Orgue, Accouplement du Récit au Grand Orgue en 16', Tirasse Grand Orgue, Tirasse Récit.
- Jean-Alain Ripoche