Sainte Trinité
Place d'Estienne d'Orves, 75009 Paris
Orgue de tribune
1869 - Cavaillé-Coll
1901 - Mutin
1934 - Pleyel-Cavaille-Coll
1967 - Beuchet-Debierre
1984/93 - Glandaz
Orgue de choeur
1870 - Cavaillé-Coll
1992 - Sebire-Glandaz
photos: Jeroen de Haan
Ste Trinité was built in 1861-1867 by Théodore Ballu. It
is a rather personal mix of French and Italian gothic
and renaissance styles.
Organiste titulaire
Loïc Mallié, Thomas Lacôte
Titulaire adjoint: Jean-François Hatton
Famous organists in the past: Charles-Alexis Chauvet,
Alexandre Guilmant, Olivier Messiaen, Naji Hakim
Concerts
Regularly
Masses with organ
Sunday 11a.m.
Videos
Thomas Lacôte
The great organ is one of the major works of the
Cavaillé-Coll company. It was inaugurated in 1869 by
Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Alexis Chauvet (the
first titularis of the organ), Henri Fissot, and Charles-
Marie Widor. In 1901 Merklin made several changes.
In 1934-1935 a major restoration was done by Pleyel-
Cavaillé-Coll, including a restoration of the mechanical
system, dust removal from the pipes, revoicing of old
stops, addition of seven new stops, relocation of the 4’
Flûtes from the reed chests to the main chests with
the foundation stops, the addition of two combination
pedals (Pedal Introduction (Pedal Stops ON); Grand-
Orgue to Grand-Orgue 16’) and the addition of Barker
levers to the Positif.
During 1962-1967 Beuchet-Debierre carried out a
third restoration and enlargement. The key and stop
action were electrified and a new console was
installed. All mechanical action parts were demolished
except for the squares located under the valves and
were replaced with electric action components.
Additional toe boards were installed in Grand-Orgue
and Positif chests and a combinatory of adjustable
general combinations was added. An enclosed wind
chest on Positif was installed that includes the
decomposed Cornet, the Piccolo and the Clarinette.
Finally, seven new stops were added. From the
correspondence between Messiaen and Eugène
Picaud (one of Beuchet’s employees) it is clear that
Messiaen insisted that the timbres of Cavaillé-Coll
remained unaltered.
In 1984 and 1993 major maintenance works were
carried out by Olivier Glandaz.