2011-01-17 - Reproduction of French organ of 1753 that was destroyed in 1759. One manual, short first octave, 24-note pull-down pedal. -Database Manager
2014-11-29 - Updated through online information from Alex Ross. -- Reconstruction of an instrument by Robert Richard which was destroyed along with the cathedral in which it resided in Quebec City in 1759. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Robert Richard Organ Musée de l'amérique française, Québec City, QC Juget-Sinclair, Op. 35, 2010 Montréal, QC Bourdon 8’ Montre 4’ Flute à cheminée 4’ Nazard 2 2/3’ Doublette 2’ (85% tin) Tierce 1 3/5’ Fourniture III Cimbale III Cromhorne 8’ Trompette 8’ Tremblant doux Tremblant fort Pedal pull-downs *** Casework in white oak. Hand carved pipe shades. Suspended key action. Manual compass C-D-e'''. Naturals in cow bone; Sharps in ebony. Pedal compass C-D-c'. 18thC French style pedalboard in oak. Divided stop action except for Founiture and Cimbale. Keyboard divided at c'/c#'. Two multi-fold wedge bellows beside the organ. Bellows can be pumped manually or by means of an automated pumping system. Pitch: A=392htz. Meantone temperament with 8 pure thirds. Hand carving by Mathieu Patoine, sculptor in Val-David Trompette and Cromhorne pipes by Les Voix Humaines. [Received from Alex Ross 2014-11-26.]
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