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Photo: Hippolyte Loret. Date: 1865.

Photo: Hippolyte Loret

Launay-Villiers, France (Mayenne (53)) - Église Sainte-Trinité
Municipal: Launay-Villiers
Region:Pays-de-la-Loire
Address: 3 rue de l'Aucherie, 53410, Launay-Villiers

Description nr.: 2052483.

Built by: Hippolyte Loret (1865)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1865 Hippolyte Loret  new organ
1904 Charles Mutin  transfer/relocate
1984 Thibaud & Madigout  restoration

Hippolyte Loret built a two-manual organ with pulldown pedals in 1865, for the chapel of the Couvent des Soeurs du Sacré-Coeur in Laval. In 1904 is was sold and transfered to Launay-Villiers by Charles Mutin. A restoration was carried out in 1984 by Claude Thibaud and Claude Madigout.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1865LavalCouvent des Soeurs du Sacré-Coeur
1904Launay-VilliersÉglise Sainte-Trinité

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Grand Orgue10
- Récit Expressif10
- Pédaleaangehangen
Total number of stops20
Manual compassC-g''', division between c' and cis'
Pedal compassC-f°
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Grand Orgue: Bourdon 16', Montre 8', Bourdon 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Prestant 4', Flûte 4', Octave 2', Cornet 3 rangs, Trompette 8', Clairon 4'.
Récit Expressif: Bourdon 8', Flûte Harmonique 8', Salicional 8' (B/D), Voix Céleste 8', Flûte 4', Fugara 4', Doublette 2', Cor Anglais 16', Hautbois 8', Voix Humaine 8', Trémolo.
Pédale (C-f°): Aangehangen.
Couplers: Accouplement du Récit au Grand Orgue, Tirasse Permanente Grand Orgue.
Accessories: Appel Cornet, Appel Trompette, Appel Clairon.

Other sources
  • Jean-Alain Ripoche