Saint-Léon
1 Place du Cardinal Amette, 75015 Paris
L’orgue de tribune
1888/1923 - Merklin
1937 - Cavaillé-Coll-Pleyel
1948 - Isambart
1998/2012 - Dargassies
L’orgue de choeur
1972 - Heinz Wilbrand
I/5 - mechanical traction
Clavier (C-g
3
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Gedeckt 8’ b/d
Rohrflöte 4’ b/d
Quinte 2 2/3’ d
Prinzipal 2’ b/d
Scharff 1’ II b/d
Photo GO: Pierre Marteau
Photos GO en-dessous: Victor Weller
Photos choir organ: Vincent Hildebrandt
This organ is the former choir organ of Merklin of the
Sainte Clotilde Basilica.
Built by Merklin in 1888 to serve as the choir organ of the
Basilica of Ste Clotilde in Paris, it was dismantled in 1935,
then installed and enlarged by the Maison Cavaillé-Coll for
the Parisian salon of the Marquis de Froissart, major
shareholder and financier of the Maison Cavaillé-Coll. Some
major transformations were made: The Swell became
Expressive Positive and a great Symphonic Swell was
added. A large console of three keyboards supplanted
Merklin's. To achieve this enlargement, the organ of Azans
was used. This organ had been bought in 1923 by the
Marquis de Froissard thanks to Mutin's catalogue (organ
with 2 keyboards, incorporating parts of an organ buffet of
the seventeenth century) for the church of Azans.
In 1948, this organ was ceded to the parish of Saint Léon. It
was then reassembled by Jules Isambart. The Great lost its
expression. On the same keyboard, a new Salicional
replaced the Clarinet, which moved to the Positive,
replacing the Voix Humaine which was not reintegrated. ,
Dargassies has restored this instrument. The work
consisted of replacing the transmission, installing new
electropneumatic machines for pulling notes, replacing the
draw motors of the stops. The composition was preserved,
but the pressure of the Swell was reinforced, the funds
made more ascending.
In 2020, the parish purchased a choir organ, serving mainly
for week masses at the Chapel of the Virgin and casuals
with small assemblies.
Organiste titulaire
Slava Chevliakov
Concerts
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Masses with organ
Saturday 6:30 PM
Sunday 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM and 7 PM
Videos
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The construction of the church was spread over
several years and it was inaugurated in 1947. The
church was designed by Émile Brunet. It is built of
concrete covered with brick. The art deco-inspired
decoration (stained glass windows, mosaics,
sculptures, ironwork) is characteristic of the 1930s
and 1940s. The mosaic is the work of Auguste
Labouret. The high altar and pulpit were lost. The
stained glass windows of the apse of 1930 (on the
theme of the mysteries of the Rosary) and the
aisle (which represent the sacraments and
instruments of the Passion) are the work of Louis
Barillet. The reliefs were created by Henri
Bouchard and Auguste Cornu, and the ironwork is
the work of Raymond Subes.