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Saint André de l'Europe
24 bis Rue de Saint-Pétersbourg, 75008 Paris
The Church of Saint-André-de-l'Europe is
housed in the former chapel of the convent of
the ‘Oblats de Marie-Immaculée’, built in neo-
Gothic style between 1897-1900 on the plans of
the architects Alfred Coulomb and Louis-Pierre
Chauvet. After the closure of the convent and
the expulsion of the clerics in 1901, the building
was bought in 1907 by the Archbishop of Paris.
Re-opened to the cult under the name of "Saint-
André D'Antin", it became a parish church in
1959. In 1967, the Church adopted its current
name, in reference to the quarter of Europe, at
the heart of which it is located.
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The organ of Saint-André-de-l'Europe comes from the old church of
Notre-Dame Auxiliaire de Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine)
doomed to demolition and was acquired by the parish in 1995. It was
first attributed to Louis Béasse, former collaborator of Cavaillé-Coll,
due to the plate on its console. But a recent expertise has shown that
it is actually the work of the brothers Delmotte, famous Belgian
organ builders and that it was built in 1871 for the Petit Séminaire de
Cambrai (Nord), which was estroyed during the first world war.
This organ had originally 12 stops on two key-boards of 56 notes. 7
stops including 4 pedal stops were reserved. In 1897 the brothers
Delmotte completed the instrument with 6 stops including two pedal
stops. The study of the existing pipes fits perfectly with this change.
In 1911, the organ was placed at Clichy-la-Garenne by Louis Beasse
who put his plate on the console. He added a pedal of 30 notes (the
last three notes ‘en tirasse’) and a basson 16' on the Swell.
In 1961, Erwin Muller of Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines) renovated he
organ in a neo-baroque style, replacing the Salicional 8' of the GO by
a Plein-jeu III, the Basson 16’ of the Swell by a Sesquialtera II and the
Flûte Traversière by a Quarte 2' and changing the Flute Octaviante 4'
into a Principal 4' by re-cutting of the pipes. In 1995, the Notre-Dame-
Auxiliatrice was closed then destroyed in 1997 before being replaced
by a modern church in 2000. The organ was put on sale for one
symbolic euro. In 1998, the organ was transferred to St André de
l’Europe (the old Merklin-organ was considered 'irreparable') by Marc
Hedelin of Mauvieres (Indre), who restored the original character of
the organ, adding a trumpet (instead of the Sesquialtera II) and new
oboe at the swell, changing the Prestant 4' into a Flute octaviante 4'
again and the Quarte 2' into a Octavin 2', as previously.
During the recent restauration (2014-2016) by Yves Fossaert, a new
Plein-jeu and Doublette 2 (GO) were made, both being copies of the
same stops of the organ of Delmotte (1891) of the Sacré-Coeur à
Coudekerque Branch.
The former organ built by Merklin around 1880. It
was the old choir organ of Ste Marie des Batignolles,
sverly modified by Bourgarel in 1963.
Photos by Serge Campione, former titulaire.
1871/97 - Delmotte (1)
1911 - Béasse (2)
1961 - Muller (3a)
1998 - Hedelin (4)
2016 - Fossaert (5)
II/19 - mechanical traction
composition
Organiste titulaire
Bertrand Ferrier
Concerts
Regularly
Masses with organ
Saturday 6h30PM, Sunday 10h45AM, 7PM
Videos
Bertrand Ferrier
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1871/97 - Delmotte (1)
1911 - Béasse (2)
1961 - Muller (3a)
1998 - Hedelin (4)
2016 - Fossaert (5)
II/19 - mechanical traction
composition
C3
The organ of Saint-André-de-l'Europe comes from the old
church of Notre-Dame Auxiliaire de Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-
de-Seine) doomed to demolition and was acquired by the
parish in 1995. It was first attributed to Louis Béasse, former
collaborator of Cavaillé-Coll, due to the plate on its console.
But a recent expertise has shown that it is actually the work of
the brothers Delmotte, famous Belgian organ builders and
that it was built in 1871 for the Petit Séminaire de Cambrai
(Nord), which was estroyed during the first world war.
This organ had originally 12 stops on two key-boards of 56
notes. 7 stops including 4 pedal stops were reserved. In 1897
the brothers Delmotte completed the instrument with 6 stops
including two pedal stops. The study of the existing pipes fits
perfectly with this change. In 1911, the organ was placed at
Clichy-la-Garenne by Louis Beasse who put his plate on the
console. He added a pedal of 30 notes (the last three notes
‘en tirasse’) and a basson 16' on the Swell.
In 1961, Erwin Muller of Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines)
renovated he organ in a neo-baroque style, replacing the
Salicional 8' of the GO by a Plein-jeu III, the Basson 16’ of the
Swell by a Sesquialtera II and the Flûte Traversière by a
Quarte 2' and changing the Flute Octaviante 4' into a Principal
4' by re-cutting of the pipes. In 1995, the Notre-Dame-
Auxiliatrice was closed then destroyed in 1997 before being
replaced by a modern church in 2000. The organ was put on
sale for one symbolic euro. In 1998, the organ was
transferred to St André de l’Europe (the old Merklin-organ
was considered 'irreparable') by Marc Hedelin of Mauvieres
(Indre), who restored the original character of the organ,
adding a trumpet (instead of the Sesquialtera II) and new
oboe at the swell, changing the Prestant 4' into a Flute
octaviante 4' again and the Quarte 2' into a Octavin 2', as
previously.
During the recent restauration (2014-2016) by Yves Fossaert,
a new Plein-jeu and Doublette 2 (GO) were made, both being
copies of the same stops of the organ of Delmotte (1891) of
the Sacré-Coeur à Coudekerque Branch.
Organiste titulaire
Bertrand Ferrier
Concerts
Regularly
Masses with organ
Saturday 6h30PM, Sunday 10h45AM, 7PM
Videos
Bertrand Ferrier