Thiscategorycomprisessevenorgansfrombefore therevolutionwhichhavebeenrestoredinthe 19thcenturyandwhichhavenotbeen substantiallymodifiedinthe20thcentury,among whichtwoofthefinestorgansofParis:SaintRoch andSaintSulpice.Althoughbothrebuiltby Cavaillé-Coll,theircharacteristotallydifferent. SaintRochhaspreserveditsFrenchclassical GrandJeuforagreatdeal,comparablewiththe organatSaintLouisdeVersailles.Thesamecanbe saidoftheorgansatSt-Germain-de-l'Auxerrois andSaintLaurent.TheorganofStMédardhas beenrebuiltbytheStoltzbrothersandisbasically a 19th century instrument. The(veryinteresting)organatSaintLieu-Saint Gillesissilentforyears,whiletheorganatSaint PierredeMontmartrecontainsnostopsfrom before the revolution, only its case survived. Thetableontherightsitesummarizesthemain characteristicsofthesevenorgansfrombeforethe revolutionwhichhavebeenrestoredinthe19th centuryandwhichhavenotbeensubstantially modifiedinthe20thcentury.Withtheexceptionof theorganofSaint-Médard(whichisbasicallyaStoltz-organ)andtheorganofSaint-Pierre-de-Montmartre (nostopsatallfrombeforetherevolution),the percentage of old stops is 50% or more for all organs.
Organs of Paris
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Organs rebuilt in the 19th century
Thiscategorycomprisessevenorgansfrombeforethe revolutionwhichhavebeenrestoredinthe19thcentury andwhichhavenotbeensubstantiallymodifiedinthe 20thcentury,amongwhichtwoofthefinestorgansof Paris:SaintRochandSaintSulpice.Althoughbothrebuilt byCavaillé-Coll,theircharacteristotallydifferent.Saint RochhaspreserveditsFrenchclassicalGrandJeufora greatdeal,comparablewiththeorganatSaintLouisde Versailles.ThesamecanbesaidoftheorgansatSt-Germain-de-l'AuxerroisandSaintLaurent.Theorganof StMédardhasbeenrebuiltbytheStoltzbrothersandis basically a 19th century instrument. The(veryinteresting)organatSaintLieu-SaintGillesis silentforyears,whiletheorganatSaintPierrede Montmartrecontainsnostopsfrombeforethe revolution, only its case survived. Saint-Germain-de-l'AuxerroisSain-LaurentSaint-Lieu-Saint-GillesSaint-Médard Saint-Pierre-de-MontmartreSaint-RochSaint-SulpiceSaint Louis de VersaillesThetablebelowsummarizesthemaincharacteristicsofthe sevenorgansfrombeforetherevolutionwhichhavebeen restoredinthe19thcenturyandwhichhavenotbeen substantiallymodifiedinthe20thcentury.Withtheexception oftheorganofSaint-Médard(whichisbasicallyaStoltz-organ)andtheorganofSaint-Pierre-de-Montmartre(no stopsatallfrombeforetherevolution),thepercentageofold stops is 50% or more for all organs.