Overhaul of the Triforium organ. Style, sound, setting, building, acoustics... everything is exceptional about this instrument.

This Renaissance organ sits on a swallow's-nest gallery high up on the side wall of the cathedral. Originally built in 1537, it has survived wars, the French Revolution and fire. It was rebuilt to its present form by Marc Garnier in 1981, and is widely admired. The exposed position, the exceptional acoustic with a 7-second reverberation, the fresh, characterful sound, and technical features such as springchests make this instrument special for organists and organ-builders alike.
We were commissioned to carry out a technical repair, and to restore the instrument to its former glory.

• Site

  

  • Place d'Armes, 57000 Metz, Frankreich
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• Details

  

  • Dedication

    10. July 2022

  • Type

    Triforium organ

  • Style

    Renaissance

  • Usage

    Worship, Teaching, Concert

  • Interventions

    2010

  • Collaboration

    Marco Venegoni, Pipemaker

  • Organiste

    Thierry Ferré

  • Adviser

    Christian Lutz

• Stop-list

  

  • Manual I

    Compass: C - c''', short octave

    • Montre 8′

    • Grosse Flûte 8′

    • Prestant 4′

    • Quinte 2 2/3′

    • Traversine 2′

    • Tiercelette 1 3/5′

    • Fourniture 2′ (III-IV)

    • Cymbale 1/2′ (II-III)

    • Trompette 8′

  • Manual II

    Compass: C - c''', short octave

    • Régale 8′

  • Pedal

    Compass: C - d', short octave

    • Trompette 8′ (Transmission)

  • Playing aids

    • Manual coupler II - I (shift coupler)

    • Pedal coupler I - P

    • Tremulant

  Comments

  • Pitch: 467 Hz

  • Tuning: 1/4-komma meantone

  • The stops Prestant, Quinte, Traversine, Trompette are devided in bass and treble, Tiercelette only treble

  • Mobile division for the divided stops (h/c’ or c’/c#’)

  • Springchest

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• Links

  

  • Orgues de la cathédrale de Metz

    www.orguecathedralemetz.com