Saint Jacques

du Haut Pas 1 - 2

252, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris Orgue de tribune

1586 - Jean Langhedul

160x - Matthieu Languedul

1640 - Nicolas Pescheur

1655 - Guy Jolly/P Cauchois

1673 - Thierry

1687 - Ducastel/Bressart

1767/84 - Somer/Clicquot

1793 - CF Clicquot

1803 - Dallery

1887 - Merklin

1908 - Gutschenritter

1971/87 - Kern

IV/47 - mechanical traction - stoplist

Photo: Jeroen de Haan

Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas was built in the period 1630-1684. The portal is built in classical style, the tower and buttresses are more gothic in appearance.

This organ has a long history. It was built for the Collégiale Saint-Benoît-le-Bétourné and transported to Saint- Jacques-du-Haut-Pas by Claude-Francois Clicquot in 1792. Its case contains parts of the original organ built by Jean Langhedul (1587). Therefore, this organ has the oldest still visible case-parts of all organs in Paris! The positif goes back to 1640 and the main concept of the GO to 1655. The extension of the GO dates from 1792. The instrument was reconstructed in 1887 by Merklin, with one consoe for both the GO and the choirorgan (!). In 1971, Alfred Kern built a new instrument in a French- German classical style (with the organ of the Saint-Séverin finished in 1964 as example) in a reconstructed organcase, re-using some of the old stops (3 stops are from before the revolution, 11 stops from Merklin).

Organiste titulaire

Nicolas Gorenstein

Concerts

Never

Masses with organ

Saterday 6.15 p.m., Sunday 10.00 a.m.

Video

- Other organs in Paris in French-classical style

The organ as Franck and Tournemire knew before the works of Kern.

The organs of Paris

Saint Jacques

du Haut Pas 1 - 2

252, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris Orgue de tribune

1586 - Jean Langhedul

160x - Matthieu Languedul

1640 - Nicolas Pescheur

1655 - Guy Jolly/P Cauchois

1673 - Thierry

1687 - Ducastel/Bressart

1767/84 - Somer/Clicquot

1793 - CF Clicquot

1803 - Dallery

1887 - Merklin

1908 - Gutschenritter

1971/87 - Kern

IV/47 - mechanical traction - stoplist

Photo: Jeroen de Haan

Organiste titulaire

Nicolas Gorenstein

Concerts

Never

Masses with organ

Saterday 6.15 PM, Sunday 10.00 AM Video --

This organ has a long history. It was built for the Collégiale Saint-Benoît-le-Bétourné and transported to Saint-Jacques- du-Haut-Pas by Claude-Francois Clicquot in 1792. Its case contains parts of the original organ built by Jean Langhedul (1587). Therefore, this organ has the oldest still visible case- parts of all organs in Paris! The positif goes back to 1640 and the main concept of the GO to 1655. The extension of the GO dates from 1792. The instrument was reconstructed in 1887 by Merklin, with one consoe for both the GO and the choirorgan (!). In 1971, Alfred Kern built a new instrument in a French- German classical style (with the organ of the Saint-Séverin finished in 1964 as example) in a reconstructed organcase, re-using some of the old stops (3 stops are from before the revolution, 11 stops from Merklin).