Sunday, October 19, 2014

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue


Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts
the primary organ


This great organ comes from the instrument built 
by the renown Aristide Cavaille-Coll in 1894 for the mansion of Baron Espée.  
It was moved from the Baron's residence on 
Avenue Bois de Boulogne to Saint-Antoine in 1909.


Like many churches, there is a second organ, 
a practice organ for the choir, which I will show you another time.


bon dimanche


Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts
57, rue Traversière
75012, Paris


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7 comments:

  1. RevrunnerOctober 19, 2014 at 6:43 AM

    Yes, I would need some practice before subjecting a larger crowd to the noise I could make on this instrument. :-)

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  2. UnknownOctober 19, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    Bet it sounds as good as it looks

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  3. William KendallOctober 19, 2014 at 3:37 PM

    That is a magnificent organ. My dad plays, so I'm sure he'd love the chance to get around that.

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  4. UnknownOctober 19, 2014 at 8:09 PM

    I enjoy to know that some churches regularly offer public concerts... I'd like to listen one, I guess they're impressive! This organ is beautiful, resembles a church itself.

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  5. TomOctober 19, 2014 at 11:18 PM

    A beautiful organ. Thanks for the video. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  6. doodles n daydreamsOctober 20, 2014 at 12:49 AM

    A wonderful organ - with a history.

    Diana
    http://adifferentlenslens365.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/village-churches.html

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  7. Elizabeth EdwardsOctober 20, 2014 at 8:58 PM

    awesome!!! hey sweet friend! hope u r well. have a lovely week. ( :

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Merci for your comments!