Chapelle des

missions étrangères

128, rue du Bac 75006 Paris

E1 This organ is a ‘Polyphone’: a small (portable) organ invented by Louis Debierre. It is a kind of miniature organ with "polyphone" pipes, i.e. one pipe can produce several tones: the tallest pipes are equipped with one, two or three valves, resulting in two or three different tones produced by only one pipe, while in a ‘normal’ organ, each pipe makes one tone. This allowed to reduce the size of the instrument. Despite its small number of stops, this small organ has a great sound.

1928- Louis Debierre (1)

I/6 - mechanical traction

composition (56 notes) Bourdon 16' (Dessus) Bourdon 8' ( Basse) Violoncelle 8' Dessus) Flûte octaviante 4' ( Basse/Dessus) Nasard 2' 2/3 (Basse/Dessus) L’orgue possède un clavier transpositeur ( Ut à mi, vers le grave & Sol a Ut, vers l’aigu). La traction de la mécanique est foulante avec balanciers et laye renversée, celle des jeux est directe avec des balanciers.

The construction of the Chapel of the Epiphany, more commonly known as the Church of the Foreign Missions, began in 1683 and was completed in 1697. It hosts many relics of young missionaries who died martyrs in Asia, which are kept for the devotion of the faithful in the crypt and the Hall of Martyrs. In the year 2000, the crypt and basement of the chapel were converted to present to visitors the relics and memories of the Martyrs of Asia. In 1851, Charles Gounod, appointed organist, composed the music for the Chant for the departure of the missionaries, then that of the Song for the anniversary of the Martyrs.

Masses with organ Sunday 10 AM Video An example of the sound of a Polyphone (Schoonhoven, Pays-Bas)