Chapelle de l'hôpital
de la Salpêtrière 1 - 2
(Eglise Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière) 47, boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris Orgue de tribune1709 - Briel/Deslandes
1861 - Suret (Positif)
1979 - Müller
III/31 - mechanical traction - Stoplist
The hospital ''Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière was
founded on the site of a gunpowder factory by Louis
XIV. Its chapel Saint Louis was built around 1675 and
designed by Libéral Bruand, architect of Les
Invalides. It was built on the model of a Greek cross
and features an octagonal dome in the centre and
four central chapels each capable of holding a
congregation of some 1,000 people.
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Photo: Jeroen de Haan
The initial builder is unknown, but an inscription on an
old pipe indicates this organ was built by Briel, one of the
co-workers of Deslandes in 1709-10. The organ is
probably extended at the end of the 18th century. In
1861, a comprehensive reconstruction was carried out by
Antoine Suret, adding a positive (which remained empty,
built only to hide the console) and a récit expressif. In
1977, Müller reconstructed and extended the organ in a
French classical style, adding pipes to the positive and
transforming récit expressif into a récit in French
baroque style.
9 out of the 31 stops date from before the revolution and
7 from Suret. Mechanical transmission.
Organs of Paris
Chapelle de
l'hôpital de la
Salpêtrière 1 - 2
(Eglise Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière) 47, boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris Orgue de tribune1709 - Briel/Deslandes
1861 - Suret (Positif)
1979 - Müller
III/31 - mechanical traction - Stoplist
photo: Jeroen de Haan
The hospital ''Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière was founded
on the site of a gunpowder factory by Louis XIV. Its chapel
Saint Louis was built around 1675 and designed by Libéral
Bruand, architect of Les Invalides. It was built on the model
of a Greek cross and features an octagonal dome in the
centre and four central chapels each capable of holding a
congregation of some 1,000 people.
The initial builder is unknown, but an inscription on an old
pipe indicates this organ was built by Briel, one of the co-
workers of Deslandes in 1709-10. The organ is probably
extended at the end of the 18th century. In 1861, a
comprehensive reconstruction was carried out by Antoine
Suret, adding a positive (which remained empty, built only
to hide the console) and a récit expressif. In 1977, Müller
reconstructed and extended the organ in a French classical
style, adding pipes to the positive and transforming récit
expressif into a récit in French baroque style.
9 out of the 31 stops date from before the revolution and 7
from Suret. Mechanical transmission.