Chapelle du lycée Henri IV
23, rue Clovis, 75005 Paris1845 - Abbey
2016 - Fossaert
I/7 - mechanical traction - stoplist
This large high school with prestigious preparatory
classes whose buildings are located in the former
12th-century abbey Sainte-Geneviève in the heart of
the Latin quarter has in its chapel a small organ
from 1845 built by John Abbey (1785-1859). It has a
54-note keyboard and a 17-note pedal ‘en tirasse’.
Its transmissions are mechanical.
It has 7 stops:
Bourdon 8'
Flûte 8'
Prestant 4'
Doublette 2'
Trompette 8'
Dessus de hautbois 8'
Basse de Clairon 4'.
A restoration was carried out by Yves Fossaert in
2016.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
Photos: Thierry Correard
Organs of Paris
Chapelle du lycée
Henri IV
23, rue Clovis, 75005 Paris1845 - Abbey
2016 - Fossaert
I/7 - mechanical traction - stoplist
This large high school with prestigious preparatory
classes whose buildings are located in the former
12th-century abbey Sainte-Geneviève in the heart of
the Latin quarter has in its chapel a small organ
from 1845 built by John Abbey (1785-1859). It has a
54-note keyboard and a 17-note pedal ‘en tirasse’.
Its transmissions are mechanical.
It has 7 stops:
Bourdon 8'
Flûte 8'
Prestant 4'
Doublette 2'
Trompette 8'
Dessus de hautbois 8'
Basse de Clairon 4'.
A restoration was carried out by Yves Fossaert in
2016.
(Translation of a French text by Thierry Correard)
Photos: Thierry Correard
