• George Blumenthal residence In 1921, Florence Meyer Blumenthal (1875–1930), the wife of New York banker George Blumenthal (1858–1941), decided to install an organ in a large hall adjoining her Paris residence. A great patron of French art, she did not hesitate to devote a substantial part of her fortune to promoting its development. She dreamed of a music room where organists could give recitals and hold organ competitions. To bring this project to life, she had a “Gothic hall” added to her home between 1920 and 1922, built using elements taken from churches destroyed during the First World War. The organ had to be as advanced as possible, and the layout of the hall required the use of electric action. Joseph Bonnet was entrusted with drawing up the specifications and the stoplist, as well as overseeing the construction of the instrument. The work was completed in August 1923. The hall then became a favourite meeting place for the foremost Parisian organists of the time, among them Charles-Marie Widor, Alexandre Guilmant, Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, and Joseph Bonnet himself. Upon Madame Blumenthal’s death in 1930, Joseph Bonnet inherited the organ. In 1934, the abbey purchased the instrument, which was then reinstalled on the gallery of the newly completed abbey church. Source A special thanks to James Lewis for this information. • Cité de la musique • Concerts Colonne Organ of Mutin, built at the beginning of the XXth century and sold in 1927 to the parish of Saint- Nicolas, Meursault (Côte-d'Or). It’s stoplist is identical to that of the choir organ of Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix. Source et composition • Concert Hall of Marcel Dupré (Meudon) • Concert Hall of Guilmant (Meudon) In 1898, Félix-Alexandre Guilmant had a concert hall built next to his house, Villa Guilmant in Meudon, where Aristide Cavaillé-Coll built an organ in 1899, completed by Charles Mutin. After Guilmants death in 1911 the house containing the organ was sold, and the organ stayed there until 1926. Then the new owners moved to another place, and the organ had to be removed. Marcel Dupré bought the organ. He gave a last concert in the house of Guilmant in February 1926. • Opéra comique • Palais du Trocadéro/Palais de Chaillot • Les Portiques des Champs-Élysées Organ of Convers, 1928, now at the au Temple Protestant in Amiens. Composition • Maison de Radio France • Philharmonie de Paris • Salle Berlioz (now: Théâtre de l’œuvre) This organ was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1890. In 1909, it was transfered to the church Sainte Geneviève des grandes carrières. Original composition • Salle d’armes de M. Pauilhac An organ of , 1912, constructed with the tubular system on indications of Docteur Bédart. 48 stops and three expressive keyboards. This instrument disappeared. • Salle de Musique of 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 salon. He had a Gonzalez organ installed there, which was inaugurated by the organist André Marchal. The music salon soon became one of the most sought-after in Paris, and the organ was also used for recordings. Two years before his death, the instrument was moved to the Church of Sainte- Marguerite in Vésinet. In 2002, it was restored by Marc Hédelin. On that occasion, the console was replaced, an electronic combination system was added, and six new stops were installed. • Salle des fêtes du pensionnat de Passy • Salle Gaveau • Salle Pleyel This hall housed a big organ, built by the Société anonyme française de facture d’orgues Cavaillé-Coll in 1929 (IV/70) and inaugurated by Marcel Dupré in 1930. It was removed in the fifties and seems to have been moved several times during the follwing years. It was bought by the Italian organ builder Formentelli and stored in a warehouse. There is only a photo of the console, the organ had no case. Photos of the pipework (thanks to Christian Tedesco). Original composition • Salle de concerts Touche Organ of Mutin (1906). Vierne gave often lessons in this hall. Moved to l'église Saint-Dominique de Paris in 1926 and later to Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue after the second world war. • Studio 103 et 104 de la Maison de Radio-France The organ of Müller of Studio 103 was transferred in 2008 to l'église Sainte Jeanne-d'Arc de Versailles. The Gonzalez organ of Studio 104 was transferredto Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille, the cathedral of Lille. • Théâtre des Champs Élysée • Théâtre de l’œuvre (voir: Salle Berlioz) • Théâtre Lyrique The organ of the Hall at the Boulevard du Temple (Cavaillé-Coll, 1859, II/8): moved as choir organ to the Cathédrale de Grenoble in 1869, after that to the Petit Séminaire de Saint-Antoine-L'Abbaye (1928) and finally to the Church of St. Didier of Voreppe. Current composition The organ of the Hall at the Place du Châtelet (Cavaillé- Coll, 1864, II/8): Transferred to Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1875 by Cavaillé who added the buffet and the pipes in front. Restored by Bernard Hurvy, 1992. Composition

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