The main organ of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral currently has 117 registers on five manuals and pedal and is based on an organ by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll from 1868. The choir organ was built in 1969 and comprises 30 registers on two manuals and pedal.
The medieval organ, built by Friedrich Schambantz , existed from 1403 to 1730 and was replaced by Francois Thierry's classic new structure from 1730 to 1838 . At the time of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , the organ was largely rebuilt by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll from 1863–1868 using earlier pipe material. In 1904 Charles Mutin carried out an expansion of the disposition ; In 1924 the organ received an electric fan; Further work (including changing the arrangement of the manuals in the console, changing the mixtur compositions and eliminating the differentiated wind pressures between bass and treble in the manuals) was carried out in 1932 by Joseph Beuchet. In 1959, the game and register action (with Barker machines), which had been largely preserved until then, was electrified by Jean Hermann , and the disposition was increasingly changed in the following years by Robert Boisseau (including three chamade registers in 1968 (8 ′, 4 ′ and 2 ′ / 1 ′) added) and other work carried out from 1975 by Jean-Loup Boisseau. After the setter system was shut down in autumn 1983 (due to the risk of short circuits and fire), the organ was fundamentally overhauled and expanded from 1990 to 1992 by the companies Jean-Loup Boisseau, Bertrand Cattiaux, Philippe Émeriau, Michel Giroud and the Société Synaptel. The register slides, pedal and manual keyboards as well as the pistons and balancing steps from Jean Hermann's console were reused. Between 2012 and 2014 the organ was extensively restored, cleaned and rebuilt by the organ builders Bertrand Cattiaux and Pascal Quoirin. The keyboard and register action were overhauled, a new console was built (using the stops, the pedal keyboard, the balance steps and the pistons of the Jean Hermann console), and a new swellable part of the work was added ("Résonnance expressive", from the former small pedal from Boisseau, which can be freely assigned to each manual and pedal), the case and the front pipes restored and a general tuning carried out.
After the fire in Notre-Dame in Paris in 2019 , the main organ was soiled by soot and dust and in places affected by extinguishing water, but it is otherwise undamaged. Its good condition can be explained by the low 17 ° C that prevailed inside the organ during the fire. Due to damage to the gallery, the organ has been dismantled since August 2020 and is expected to be overhauled by an organ builder to be determined by 2024.
Disposition since 2014
Main organ
Look at the chamades
Gaming table
The current disposition is as follows:
I Grand-Orgue C-g 3
01.
Violon Basse
16 ′
02.
Bourdon
16 ′
03.
Montre
08th'
04th
Viole de Gambe
08th'
05.
Flûte harmonique
08th'
06th
Bourdon
08th'
07th
Prestant
04 ′
08th.
Octave
04 ′
09.
Duplicate
02 ′
10.
Fittings harmonique II – V
11.
Cymbale harmonique II – V
12.
Bombard
16 ′
13.
Trumpets
08th'
14th
Clairon
04 ′
en chamade
15th
Trumpets
08th'
16.
Clairon
04 ′
Chamade (= No. 51, 52)
08th'
II positive C-g 3
17th
Montre
16 ′
18th
Bourdon
16 ′
19th
Salicional
08th'
20th
Flûte harmonique
08th'
21st
Bourdon
08th'
22nd
Unda maris (from c o )
08th'
23.
Prestant
04 ′
24.
Flûte douce
04 ′
25th
Nazard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
26th
Duplicate
02 ′
27.
Tierce
01 3 ⁄ 5 ′
28.
Fittings V.
29
Cymbals V
30th
Clarinet bass
16 ′
31.
Clarinet
08th'
32.
Clarinet aiguë
04 ′
III Récit C – g 3
expressif
33.
Quintaton
16 ′
34.
diapason
08th'
35.
Viole de Gambe
08th'
36.
Voix céleste (from c 0 )
08th'
37.
Flûte traversière
08th'
38.
Bourdon Celeste
08th'
39.
Octave
04 ′
40.
Flûte octaviante
04 ′
41.
Fifth
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
42.
Octavine
02 ′
43.
Bombard
16 ′
44.
Trumpets
08th'
45.
Basson Hautbois
08th'
46.
Clarinet
08th'
47.
Voix humaine
08th'
48.
Clairon
04 ′
Tremolo
(Continuation)
classique
49.
Cornet V (from f 0 )
50.
Hautbois
08th'
en chamade
51.
Chamade (basse)
08th'
52.
Chamade (dessus)
08th'
53.
Chamade
04 ′
54.
Chamade Régale
08th'
Trumpet (basse) (= No. 15)
08th'
Trumpet (dessus) (= No. 15)
08th'
Clairon (= No. 16)
04 ′
Tremolo
IV Solo C-g 3
55.
Bourdon (CH acoustic)
32 ′
56.
Principal
16 ′
57.
Principal
08th'
58.
Flûte harmonique
08th'
59.
Fifth
05 1 ⁄ 3 ′
60.
Prestant
04 ′
61.
Tierce
03 1 ⁄ 5 ′
62.
Nazard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
63.
Septième
02 2 ⁄ 7 ′
64.
Duplicate
02 ′
65.
Cornet II-V
66.
Grande Fourniture II
67.
Fittings V.
68.
Cymbals V
69.
Cromorne
08th'
en chamade
Trumpet (= No. 15)
08th'
Clairon (= No. 16)
04 ′
V Grand-Chœur C – g 3
70.
Principal
08th'
71.
Bourdon
08th'
72.
Prestant
04 ′
73.
Nazard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
74.
Duplicate
02 ′
75.
Tierce
01 3 ⁄ 5 ′
76.
Cornet V (No. 71-75)
08th'
77.
Larigot
01 1 ⁄ 3 ′
78.
Septième
01 1 ⁄ 7 ′
79.
Piccolo
01'
80.
Plein jeu III – V
81.
Tuba magna
16 ′
82.
Trumpets
08th'
83.
Clairon
04 ′
Pedalier C – g 1
84.
Principal
32 ′
85.
Contrebasse
16 ′
86.
Soubasse
16 ′
87.
Fifth
10 2 ⁄ 3 ′
88
Flute
08th'
89.
Violoncello
08th'
90.
Tierce
06 2 ⁄ 5 ′
91.
Fifth
05 1 ⁄ 3 ′
92.
Septième
04 4 ⁄ 7 ′
93.
Octave
04 ′
94.
Contre Bombarde
32 ′
95.
Bombard
16 ′
96.
Basson
16 ′
97.
Trumpets
08th'
98
Basson
08th'
99
Clairon
04 ′
en chamade
Trumpet (= No. 15)
08th'
Clairon (= No. 16)
04 ′
Chamade (= No. 51)
08th'
Chamade (= No. 52)
04 ′
Chamade Régale (= No. 54)
08th'
Résonnance expressive C – g 3
100.
Bourdon
16 ′
101.
Principal
08th'
102.
Bourdon
08th'
103.
Prestant
04 ′
104.
Flute
04 ′
105.
Neuvième
03 5 ⁄ 9 ′
106.
Tierce
03 1 ⁄ 5 ′
107.
Onzième
02 10 ⁄ 11 ′
108.
Nazard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
109.
Flute
02 ′
110.
Tierce
01 3 ⁄ 5 ′
111.
Larigot
01 1 ⁄ 3 ′
112.
Flageolet
01'
113.
Fittings III
114.
Cymbals III
115.
Basson
16 ′
116.
Basson
08th'
117.
Voix humaine
08th'
Tremblant
Chimes
Coupling : II / I, III / I, IV / I, V / I; III / II, IV / II, V / II; IV / III, V / III; V / IV; I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P, V / P; Sub- and super-octave couplings and storage equal position in all manuals, Octaves aiguës Pédalier
Other coupling: Octave grave général; Inversion Positif / Grand-Orgue
Playing aids : Coupure Pédalier, Coupure Chamade, Appel Résonnance, Sostenuto in all manuals and in the pedal, storage for each part, 50,000 combinations (of 5,000 groups each), replay system
Since 1839 there was also a choir organ in Notre-Dame . Today's instrument near the transept was built in 1969 by Robert Boisseau with 28 stops (2 manuals / pedal, mechanical performance and electrical stop action). In 1970 a flute 16 ′ was added in the pedal (outside the case), in 1978 a Bourdon 16 ′ in the first manual. Further work by Boisseau followed in 1981 and 1989, including the replacement of the Chalumeau 4 ′ in the pedal with a Clairon 4 ′ and the installation of a setting system. In 2005 there was a general cleaning by Philippe Guyonnet and a general intonation by Bertrand Cattiaux. Since then it has had 30 registers.
The choir organ was almost destroyed by a fire in 2019.
Disposition
I Grand-Orgue C-g 3
01.
Bourdon
16 ′
02.
Montre
08th'
03.
Bourdon
08th'
04th
Prestant
04 ′
05.
Nasard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
06th
Duplicate
02 ′
07th
Tierce
01 3 ⁄ 5 ′
08th.
Fittings II
09.
Cymbals IV
10.
Trumpets
08th'
11.
Clarion
04 ′
12.
Dessus en chamade
08th'
II positive C-g 3
13.
Bourdon
08th'
14th
Viole
08th'
15th
Prestant
04 ′
16.
Flute
04 ′
17th
Nazard
02 2 ⁄ 3 ′
18th
Duplicate
02 ′
19th
Tierce
01 3 ⁄ 5 ′
20th
Larigot
01 1 ⁄ 3 ′
21st
Cymbals IV
22nd
Cromorne 00
08th'
Tremblant
Pedale C – f 1
23.
Flute
16 ′
24.
Soubasse
16 ′
25th
Flute
08th'
26th
Flute
04 ′
27.
Flute
02 ′
28.
Bombard
16 ′
29
Trumpets 00
08th'
30th
Clairon
04 ′
Coupling : Accouplement II / I, Tirasse I, Tirasse II
The organ of Notre Dame. 1991, VHS (Günther Bock (director), Gerd Albrecht (moderation), Uwe Röhl, Philippe Lefebvre).
The art of organ improvisation at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. 1997, Unda Maris UM-CD 20011, CD ( Pierre Cochereau : 10 improvised verses. Bolero for organ and percussion ; Yves Devernay : improvisation on "Regina coeli", jazz improvisation ; Olivier Latry : improvisation on "Wer nur ...", improvisation "Pink Panther". Christoph M. Frommen).
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