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The Synagogue of the Tournelles is a place of
Orthodox Jewish worship according to the
Constantine Sephardic rite. The building was built in
1876 by Jews from Alsace and Lorraine, later joined
by emigrants from Poland, Tsarist Russia and the
various Central European countries. It was built by
Varcollier, a pupil of Baltard, a metal frame made by
the Eiffel workshops.
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The fact that the building was built by Jews from Alsace as
well as the style of the buffet (typical of Wetzel), could
suggest that the instrument was built by the organ builder
Wetzel from Strasbourg, who built a number of instruments
in the Alsatian synagogues: The Great Synagogue of
Strasbourg (1870), organs of the Mulhouse Synagogue
(1891-1892), Benfeld (circa 1895). This is just a theory. The
archives of the Wetzel House transcribed by Pius Myer-Siat
do not mention it.
Hypothesis : Victor Weller
Photos : Jeroen de Haan
18xx - Wetzel brothers ?? (1)
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18xx - Wetzel brothers ?? (1)
E6
The fact that the building was built by Jews from Alsace as
well as the style of the buffet (typical of Wetzel), could
suggest that the instrument was built by the organ builder
Wetzel from Strasbourg, who built a number of instruments
in the Alsatian synagogues: The Great Synagogue of
Strasbourg (1870), organs of the Mulhouse Synagogue
(1891-1892), Benfeld (circa 1895). This is just a theory. The
archives of the Wetzel House transcribed by Pius Myer-Siat
do not mention it.
Hypothesis : Victor Weller
Photos : Jeroen de Haan