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Synagogue des
Tournelles
21 bis rue des Tournelles 75004 Paris18xx - ??
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 Strasbourg organ builder Wetzel, 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
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.
The organs of Paris
Synagogue des
Tournelles
21 bis rue des Tournelles 75004 Paris18xx - ??
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 Strasbourg organ builder Wetzel, 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
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