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Cathédrale Américaine
23, avenue Georges V, 75008 Paris1887 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
1922 - Mutin
1930 - Convers
1970 - Beuchet-Debierre
1993 - Dargassies
IV/72 - electrical traction - stoplist
The great organ of the American Cathedral was built
by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1887 and inaugurated on
October 5 of the same year by Alexandre Guilmant.
It had 45 stops spread over 3 keyboards (GO, Positive
and Swell) and a Pedal. The instrument is placed on
a platform at the crossroads of the nave and the
transept. On the advice of Marcel Dupré, the
instrument was extended (7 new stops) and
electrified by Mutin in 1922. Later, interventions by
Convers in 1930, then by Beuchet-Debierre in 1970,
took the instrument to 62 stops. That same year,
Erwin Muller built a small organ of neo-classical
aesthetics that was installed on a tribune located at
the bottom of the nave and in the axis of it, near the
entrance to the cathedral.
Between 1992 and 1993, Bernard Dargassies
restored and expanded the organ to 72 stops by
building a new buffet which replaced the organ of
Muller. This new buffet constituted a 4th keyboard
called "Antiphonal" of 10 stops, which can be played
from the main console of the great organ. The term
Antiphonal refers to a choir organ in the USA. Here,
the Antiphonal was not placed in the choir but on a
tribune. In addition, it has an 8' chamade rank. This
small buffet of 10 stops constitutes also an
independent organ thanks to a specific console of
one keyboard located under this tribune and
allowing to play it separately. It is therefore possible,
at the console of the large organ of 4 keyboards
(main console), to play the 3 keyboards and pedals
corresponding to the main buffet as well as the
Antiphonal keyboard placed in the secondary buffet.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry
Correard)
Site of the organ
The American Cathedral of Paris is a church
dedicated to Anglican worship and serving as a
cathedral for the Convocation of Episcopal Churches
in Europe of the Episcopal Church U.S.
Opened in 1886, it was designed by the English
architect George Edmund Street, who gave it a neo-
Gothic style. It was the latter's son who added an
arrow between 1904-1906 in order to complete the
building. The church has numerous stained glass
windows (42 in total) created by master glassmaker
James Bell on the theme of the Te Deum, offering
under its vaults a magnificent atmosphere of
multicolored darkness.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
Organiste titulaire
Andrew DewarConcerts
RegularlyServices with organ
Sunday 9, 11 a.m., 6 p.m.Video
Michał Szostak Andrew Dewar
Photos beneath: Victor Weller
Organs of Paris
Cathédrale
Américaine
23, avenue Georges V, 75008 Paris1887 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
1922 - Mutin
1930 - Convers
1970 - Beuchet-Debierre
1993 - Dargassies
IV/72 - electrical traction - stoplist
ORGANS OF PARIS 2.0 © Vincent Hildebrandt ALL ORGANS
The American Cathedral of Paris is a church dedicated to
Anglican worship and serving as a cathedral for the
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe of the
Episcopal Church U.S.
Opened in 1886, it was designed by the English architect
George Edmund Street, who gave it a neo-Gothic style. It
was the latter's son who added an arrow between 1904-
1906 in order to complete the building. The church has
numerous stained glass windows (42 in total) created by
master glassmaker James Bell on the theme of the Te
Deum, offering under its vaults a magnificent atmosphere
of multicolored darkness.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
Organiste titulaire
Andrew DewarConcerts
RegularlyServices with organ
Sunday 9, 11 a.m., 6 p.m.Video
Michał Szostak Andrew Dewar
The great organ of the American Cathedral was built by
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1887 and inaugurated on
October 5 of the same year by Alexandre Guilmant. It
had 45 stops spread over 3 keyboards (GO, Positive and
Swell) and a Pedal. The instrument is placed on a
platform at the crossroads of the nave and the
transept. On the advice of Marcel Dupré, the
instrument was extended (7 new stops) and electrified
by Mutin in 1922. Later, interventions by Convers in
1930, then by Beuchet-Debierre in 1970, took the
instrument to 62 stops. That same year, Erwin Muller
built a small organ of neo-classical aesthetics that was
installed on a tribune located at the bottom of the nave
and in the axis of it, near the entrance to the cathedral.
Between 1992 and 1993, Bernard Dargassies restored
and expanded the organ to 72 stops by building a new
buffet which replaced the organ of Muller. This new
buffet constituted a 4th keyboard called "Antiphonal" of
10 stops, which can be played from the main console of
the great organ. The term Antiphonal refers to a choir
organ in the USA. Here, the Antiphonal was not placed
in the choir but on a tribune. In addition, it has an 8'
chamade rank. This small buffet of 10 stops constitutes
also an independent organ thanks to a specific console
of one keyboard located under this tribune and
allowing to play it separately. It is therefore possible, at
the console of the large organ of 4 keyboards (main
console), to play the 3 keyboards and pedals
corresponding to the main buffet as well as the
Antiphonal keyboard placed in the secondary buffet.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
Site of the organ
