Saint Antoine

des Quinze-vingts 1 2

66, avenue Ledru Rollin, 75012 Paris Orgue de tribune

1894- Cavaillé-Coll

1909 - Gutschenritter

1956 - Pierre Cheron et Philippe Hartmann

1982 - Barbéris

1992/2004 - Fossaert

III/47 - mechanical traction - stoplist

Photos of the organ: Victor Weller

Organiste titulaire Eric Lebrun Concerts Regularly

Masses with organ

Saturday 6h30 p.m., Sunday 10h45 a.m., 7h00 p.m. Videos Eric Lebrun

Originally, the great organ of the Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1894 for the private house of the Baron de l’Espée in Paris. This organ was transferred to the new Church of Saint- Antoine by Gutschenritter in 1909. He added a 16’ Bombarde and a Nasard to the GO, a Fourniture and a 16’ Basson to the Swell and a 32’ Bourdon to the Pedal. The 16’ and 8’ Bassons of the pedal were replaced by a 16’ Bombarde and an 8’ Trompette. The pressures were probably increased. Later, he may have increased the range of the Pedal to 32 notes, replaced the Nasard of the GO by a Doublette and separeted the ranks of the Carillon of the Positif. In 1956, Pierre Chéron and Philippe Hartmann worked on the organ and added a 4' Clarion to pedal. In 1982, Jacques Barbéris, assisted by Marc Hédelin and Philippe Mattéi, accomplished a comprehensive restoration, restoring the Barker-lever machine and the conveyancing of the basses. In 1992-1992 Yves Fossaert cleaned and repaired the organ. In 2004, more extensive restoration works wer performed by Fossaert, who replaced the Clairon 4’ of 1956 for a new one.

Before the French Revolution, the territory corresponding to the 12th arrondissement belonged to the parish of Saint Paul and then to the sainte- Marguerite estate. But two establishments had the privilege of exercising the "cure of soul": the abbey of Cistercian nuns of Saint-Antoine des Champs and the hospice of the Quinze-Vingts, the foundation of St. Louis. The abbey was abolished in 1790 and the monastery assigned to St. Anthony's Hospital in 1795. The new parish of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts was created on 4 February 1791 and received the abbey as a place of worship. It was sold as a national property in 1798 and then destroyed. The chapel of the Quinze-Vingts hospice served as a parish church for a century, until the construction of the present church, which was completed in 1903 and dedicated to Saint Anthony the Great on November 11, 1909.

The organs of Paris

Saint Antoine

des Quinze-vingts

1 2

66, avenue Ledru Rollin, 75012 Paris Orgue de tribune

1894- Cavaillé-Coll

1909 - Gutschenritter

1956 - Pierre Cheron et Philippe

Hartmann

1982 - Barbéris

1992/2004 - Fossaert

III/47 - mechanical traction - stoplist

Photos of the organ: Victor Weller

Originally, the great organ of the Saint-Antoine des Quinze- Vingts was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1894 for the private house of the Baron de l’Espée in Paris. This organ was transferred to the new Church of Saint-Antoine by Gutschenritter in 1909. He added a 16’ Bombarde and a Nasard to the GO, a Fourniture and a 16’ Basson to the Swell and a 32’ Bourdon to the Pedal. The 16’ and 8’ Bassons of the pedal were replaced by a 16’ Bombarde and an 8’ Trompette. The pressures were probably increased. Later, he may have increased the range of the Pedal to 32 notes, replaced the Nasard of the GO by a Doublette and separeted the ranks of the Carillon of the Positif. In 1956, Pierre Chéron and Philippe Hartmann worked on the organ and added a 4' Clarion to pedal. In 1982, Jacques Barbéris, assisted by Marc Hédelin and Philippe Mattéi, accomplished a comprehensive restoration, restoring the Barker-lever machine and the conveyancing of the basses. In 1992-1992 Yves Fossaert cleaned and repaired the organ. In 2004, more extensive restoration works wer performed by Fossaert, who replaced the Clairon 4’ of 1956 for a new one.

Organiste titulaire Eric Lebrun Concerts Regularly

Masses with organ

Saturday 6h30 p.m., Sunday 10h45 a.m., 7h00 p.m. Videos Eric Lebrun