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Ernest Desmarais (1885)

Paroisse Saint-Michel de Sillery
1600 rue du Cardinal-Persico
Québec, QC, CA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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2013-06-13 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Speller, using information from this web site: http://paroisse-saint-michel.org/sm/origines/historique/. -- The history page of the church's website notes that the gallery was enlarged in 1885 to accommodate a new instrument by Ernest Desmarais http://paroisse-saint-michel.org/sm/origines/historique/ <br>Another website notes that the Desmarais organ was inaugurated by "L'organiste Bishop, de la cathédrale anglicane, et son confrère Hébert, de l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" on September 25, 1885. http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/quebec/smichels.html -Database Manager

2013-06-14 - Updated through online information from John Speller. -- The second of these websites states that the organ was replaced by Casavant Op. 1635 of 1930. The accompanying photographs suggest that the neo-gothic casework may have been retained from the Desmarais instrument and may still be extant. -Database Manager


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