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Photo: Alix Devienne.

Photo: Alix Devienne

Tours, France (Indre-et-Loire (37)) - Église du Christ-Roi
Municipal: Tours
Region:Centre-Val de Loire
Address: 47 rue de la Fosse Marine, 37100, Tours

Description nr.: 2069445.

Built by: Forster & Andrews (1850)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1850 Forster & Andrews  new organ
2014 David Bradési  transfer/relocate

In 2014, a second-hand English organ was placed in the Église du Christ-Roi in Tours. The instrument comes from a chapel near Hull. It was built in 1850 by Forster & Andrews. The organ has five registers and an attached pedal. David Bradési carried out a restoration and then transferred it to the church.

Short list of all locations the organ has been
1850HullChapel
2014ToursÉglise du Christ-Roi

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual5
- Pedalaangehangen
Total number of stops5
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Open Diapason 8' (Discant), Stopped Diapason 8' (B/D), Principal 4', Twelfth 2 2/3' (Discant), Fifteenth 2'.
Pedal (C-f°): Aangehangen.

Literature Inventaire des Orgues de l'Indre-et-Loire.
Other sources
  • Jean-Alain Ripoche

Photo: Alix Devienne.
Photo: Alix Devienne
Photo: Alix Devienne.
Photo: Alix Devienne