Chamber organs
(Residence organs/Home organs/House organs -
Orgues de salon)
Non-exhaustive list
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Comtesse de Béhague
Organ Charles Mutin (1906), moved to the Palais de
Béhague in the big concert hall (Salle Byzantin).
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Comte Béranger de Miramon Fitz-James
Co-founder of Les Amis de l’Orgue together with
Norbert Dufourcq. In 1926, he had a salon organ
built by organ builder Victor Gonzalez. It was
inaugurated on June 27, 1926, by André Marchal.
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Philippe Bellenot (1860-1928)
Organ of Mutin (1914). Composition.
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Olivier Bernard (rue Prony)
Organ built by P. Hartmann
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Mme Roux de Bezieux (avenue du Président
Wilson)
Organ of Schwenkedel, 1965.
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Comte Christian de Bertier de Sauvigny
Organ Merklin (1904). It’s a chamber organ (III/30) of
the landgrave Christian Bertier de Sauvigny (1864-
1939). It was moved to Saint-Dominique in 1944-45.
Plus d’info…
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Joseph Bonnet
Organ Mutin (1912, transformed by Convers in
1924). Now in the chapelle Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de
Coetquidan (Morbihan). Thanks to Olivier Geoffroy
for this information. Composition.
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Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Organ Mutin inaugurated on February 4, 1905. After
her death, the organ is given to the musée de la Cité
de la musique in Paris. Composition.
Another house organ of her is now at the Saint-
Jacques Convent.
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André Chauvin
Organ Benoit et Sarelot (1986), designed by André
Isoir. Originally, it was the personal organ of André
Chauvin, organist of the Prytanée militaire de La
Flèche. The organ was sold in 2014 to the Centre
Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts
and installed in the Chapelle Saint-Remi.
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Pierre Cochereau ( bd Berthier)
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Comtesse de Cossé-Brissac
Organ Mutin (1905). Now in Notre-Dame de
Sancerre (Cher). Composition.
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Jeanne Demessieux
Organ of Roethinger. This instrument was installed
at the house of Michel Faverais à la Ferté-sous-
Jouarre.
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Pierre Denis (rue Boileau)
Organ of Gonzalez.
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Sarah Louis-Dreyfus
Orgue Charles Mutin (124, III/29)
Thanks to Jim Lewis for the photo of the organ.
This organ was transfered in 1953 to the Chapelle de
l’école Saint-Charles d’Athis-Mons. Source
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Mme Dujarric
In 1988, this organ of the mansion of Ms Dujarric in
Boulogne-Billancourt, was given to the parish of
Sainte-Odile: due to financial restrictions, the
pipework is not yet installed.
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Norbert Dufourcq
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Marcel Dupré
An important part of the organ of Saint-Gabriel (built
by Chrétien et Laurent Steinmetz in 1982) comes
from a Cavaillé-Coll chamber organ which is said to
belonged to Marcel Dupré.
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Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
Organ Gonzalez, 1967 (III/30)
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Baron d'Erlanger
Organ Cavaillé-Coll, 1865 (opus 250-229). It was
given to the city oif Paris in 1927 by the son of the
baron, and then installed in the chapel of the
Sorbonne by Convers-Cavaillé-Coll and then installed
at Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas.
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Salon de Mme Flersheim (Rue du Ranelagh)
Inauguration of an organ Cavaillé-Coll-Victor
Gonzalez by André Marchal, June 27, 1931.
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Jean Galard
Organ (Baby-)Gonzalez, 196x (II/2)
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Eugène Gigout
A small organ Cavaillé-Coll (1987) in the mansion of
Gigout at 63 bis rue Jouffroy (XVIIe Arr ). The organ
was equipped with a manual blower that his
students operated themselves during lessons.
Gigout sold his organ in 1900 to the Ecole des
Francs-Bourgeois.
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Salle de Musique of the Henry Goüin
Henry Goüin (Henry Jules Goüin, 1900–1977), a
passionate music lover, had his townhouse on
Avenue Milleret-de-Brou enlarged in 1932 to include
a music room. He had a Gonzalez organ installed
there, which was inaugurated by organist André
Marchal. The music room soon became one of the
most sought-after in Paris, and the organ was also
used for recordings. Two years before his death, the
organ was moved to Sainte-Marguerite Church in Le
Vésinet. In 2002, it was restored by Marc Hédelin:
the console was replaced, an electronic combination
system was added, and six new stops were
introduced.
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Charles Gounod
Organ Cavaillé-Coll, 1879, II/16 (12). This organ
remained until 1937 in the master's salon (located at
20 Place Malesherbes in Paris) until his daughter,
the Baroness de Lassus, gave it to the Institut des
Jeunes Aveugles in Bordeaux at the instigation of
André Marchal. It was transferred from Bordeaux to
Ambarès-la-Grave (Gironde) to the Institute for the
Deaf and Blind (IRSA) in his original state. It has been
classified as a historical monument since 2009. It is
now installed and restored in the church of La Sauve
Majeure (Gironde).
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Jean Huré
Organ Cavaillé-Mutin (1915-1920). Now in Saint
Christophe de Javel. In 1970, it was reconstructed by
Schwenkedel.
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Georges Jacob (1877-1950)
Organ Mutin (1900-1905). Now in Sainte-Marie-
Madeleine de Domont. Composition.
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Henri de Jouvenel (1876-1935).
His Parisian salon organ was installed by E. F.
Walcker in 1930. Composition. Many thanks to James
Lewis for this information.
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Jean Langlais
Organ of 2 manuals.
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André Marchal
Rue Duroc
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Léonce de St Martin
Organ Gaston Gutschenritter (1922), moved to Notre
Dame de l’Assomption de Passy in 1959.
Composition
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Baron Albert de l'Espée
See: Sacré-Coeur and Saint-Antoine-de-quinze-vingts
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André Marchal
The organ at rue Duroc had originally two manuals and
pedal, built by Gütschenritter. It was gradually enlarged.
After the end of World War II, Victor Gonzalez took over
and a third manual, an unenclosed Positif, was added.
More information…
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Baron Albert de l'Espée
See: Sacre-Coeur et Saint-Antoine-de-quinze-vingts
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Comtesse Anna de Noailles
Organ Cavaillé-Coll (1898).
The Countess sold it in 1905 to the Aviné family of
Dreux (Eure-et-Loir) to reward the grandson of the
family: Émile (pupil of Alexandre Guilmant and Louis
Vierne) with his first organ prize (1904). He ceded
the instrument to the parish of Saint-Joseph des
Épinettes at the end of 1910. According to the
national inventory of organs, this organ is an old
salon organ built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1880 for Samuel
Rousseau, as a gift following the obtaining of his
Organ Prize at the Paris Conservatory in the class of
Alexandre Guilmant.
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Dr. Jean Perrot
Dr. Jean Perrot (1915-2009), a medical doctor in
Paris, devoted most of his free time to the organ. In
1948, he had a salon organ built by Victor Gonzalez,
following the expert advice of André Marchal. Many
private concerts were held around his instrument,
bringing together some of the greatest organists of
the time, including Gaston Litaize — who dedicated
one of his preludes to him — Norbert Dufourcq,
Marie-Claire Alain, Georges Robert, Claude
Dessenne, Jean Galard, and above all, André
Marchal.
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Noëlie Pierront (19 rue Mazarine)
She was professor and organist at Saint Pierre du
Gros Caillou.
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Léonce de Saint-Martin (Place des Vosges)
Organ of Gaston Gutschenritter (1922), transferred
to Notre Dame de l’Assomption de Passy in 1959.
Composition
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Winnaretta Singer, princesse Edmond de
Polignac
Organ of Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll (1902, III/28, transfered
in 1935 to the Grand Séminaire of Lille.
Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was the daughter of