Florian
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Who knows what happened to the salon organ of Mme. Suzanne Flersheim (a wealthy Jewish patroness of the arts)?
It was the instrument on which Jean Langlais' "Te Deum" op. 9 was first performend by the composer on June 28, 1934. André Marchal often organized concerts at Mme. Flersheim's home by promising young organists (you can look up these facts in Ann Labounsky's book "Jean Langlais: The Man and His Music"). It's generally known that Jean Langlais was a close friend of Olivier Messiaen so it's possible that he played this organ also in the 1930ies.
A friend of mine who is an organologue found a picture of this organ in the "Molzer-Archive" (located at university of music and dramatic arts, institute of organ research in Vienna) showing the instrument in the assembly-hall of the organ builder "Rieger" in Jägerndorf (now Czech Republic). It was the opus 2091 and was built in 1919. The description of the picture indicates that Mme. Flersheim's home was in Rue Lisbonne in Paris (8. Arrondissement).
I also have an incomplete specification (unfortunately no couplers are known) which was published in the magazine "L'Orgue", number 83, avril-septembre 1957. The article is entitled "L'Orgue de Salon dans la région parisienne depuis un siècle" and was written by René Desplat. The author believes (1957) that this organ could be found in a church in Avenue du Maine in Paris.
Here the incomplete specification which was worked out by Jean Huré: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hur%C3%A9
Grand-orgue expressif, CC-c’’’’’
Bourdon 16’ (l'octave de 32' en grosse quinte)
Montre 8’
Flûte en bois 8’
Salicet 4’
Mixture-cornet V
Récit expressif, CC-c’’’’’
Quintaton 8’
Dulciane 8’
Voix céleste 8’
Flûte 4’
Mixture III
Cromorne 8’
Basson-Hautbois 8’
Pédale, C-g’ (empruntée a l'octave inferieur)
Bourdon 32’ (acoustique)
Flûte 16’
Bourdon 16’
Basson 16’
two swell pedals, crescendo-roller
The first octave of Bourdon 16’ in Grand-orgue expressif is obtained acoustically.
All stops of the Pédale are transmissions and borrowed from the lowest octave.
The two manuals are notable; they have a compass of 7 octaves (85 notes!)
The resolution of the original picture is high enough to recognize the little levers for 4 free combinations.
Below the first manual you can see some thumb-pistons which I can’t adjoin for sure but I’m sure that 4 of them activate the free combinations. Other typical accessories would be "crescendo on/off", "reeds on/of", "fixed combinations", "manual registration on/off" etc.
Does anyone know a complete specification with all couplers and accessories? Who knows if this organ still exists?
Best regards,
Florian
Who knows what happened to the salon organ of Mme. Suzanne Flersheim (a wealthy Jewish patroness of the arts)?
It was the instrument on which Jean Langlais' "Te Deum" op. 9 was first performend by the composer on June 28, 1934. André Marchal often organized concerts at Mme. Flersheim's home by promising young organists (you can look up these facts in Ann Labounsky's book "Jean Langlais: The Man and His Music"). It's generally known that Jean Langlais was a close friend of Olivier Messiaen so it's possible that he played this organ also in the 1930ies.
A friend of mine who is an organologue found a picture of this organ in the "Molzer-Archive" (located at university of music and dramatic arts, institute of organ research in Vienna) showing the instrument in the assembly-hall of the organ builder "Rieger" in Jägerndorf (now Czech Republic). It was the opus 2091 and was built in 1919. The description of the picture indicates that Mme. Flersheim's home was in Rue Lisbonne in Paris (8. Arrondissement).
I also have an incomplete specification (unfortunately no couplers are known) which was published in the magazine "L'Orgue", number 83, avril-septembre 1957. The article is entitled "L'Orgue de Salon dans la région parisienne depuis un siècle" and was written by René Desplat. The author believes (1957) that this organ could be found in a church in Avenue du Maine in Paris.
Here the incomplete specification which was worked out by Jean Huré: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hur%C3%A9
Grand-orgue expressif, CC-c’’’’’
Bourdon 16’ (l'octave de 32' en grosse quinte)
Montre 8’
Flûte en bois 8’
Salicet 4’
Mixture-cornet V
Récit expressif, CC-c’’’’’
Quintaton 8’
Dulciane 8’
Voix céleste 8’
Flûte 4’
Mixture III
Cromorne 8’
Basson-Hautbois 8’
Pédale, C-g’ (empruntée a l'octave inferieur)
Bourdon 32’ (acoustique)
Flûte 16’
Bourdon 16’
Basson 16’
two swell pedals, crescendo-roller
The first octave of Bourdon 16’ in Grand-orgue expressif is obtained acoustically.
All stops of the Pédale are transmissions and borrowed from the lowest octave.
The two manuals are notable; they have a compass of 7 octaves (85 notes!)
The resolution of the original picture is high enough to recognize the little levers for 4 free combinations.
Below the first manual you can see some thumb-pistons which I can’t adjoin for sure but I’m sure that 4 of them activate the free combinations. Other typical accessories would be "crescendo on/off", "reeds on/of", "fixed combinations", "manual registration on/off" etc.
Does anyone know a complete specification with all couplers and accessories? Who knows if this organ still exists?
Best regards,
Florian
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