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Marseille, France (Bouches-du-Rhône (13)) - All Saints' Church (Église Anglicaine)
Municipal: Marseille
Region:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Address: rue de Belloi, 13006, Marseille

Description nr.: 2053642.

Built by: Henry Speechly & Sons (1860)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1860 Henry Speechly & Sons  new organ
1933 Michel-Merklin & Kuhn  maintenance/reparations
1999 Thierry Lestrez  restoration

In 1860 the company Henry Speechly & Sons installed a new organ in the Église Anglaise in Marseille, All Saints' Church. In 1912 there was a plan to replace the instrument by a new organ of Merklin & Kuhn, but this plan was never carried out. A electric blower was installed by Michel-Merklin & Kuhn in 1933. In 1999 Thierry Lestrez carried out a restoration.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ6
- Swell Organ4
- Pedal Organ1
Total number of stops11
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Clarabella 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Lieblich Flute 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Lieblich Gedact 8', String Gamba 8', Gemshorn 4'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell Octave.
Accessories: Tremolo.

Literature L'Orgue dans la Ville : Le Marseille des Organistes / Jean-Robert Cain & Robert Martin - Marseille : Editions Parenthèses, 2004.
Other sources
  • Jean-Alain Ripoche