Eglise luthérienne

du Bon-Secours

20, rue Titon, 75011 Paris

Already under the Old Regime, the suburb of Saint-Antoine was the district of cabinetmakers and derivative trades (gilders, lackers, upholsterers, tanners). There were many German and Alsatian workers whose immigration had been favoured by the opening of the Strasbourg- Paris and Muhlouse-Paris railway lines. In 1863, faced with the increase of Lutherans in the district, a first place of worship was built by Pastor Hosemann on the site of the former convent of the Benedictines of Bon-Secours, Rue de Charonne. The cult then took place alternately in German and French. A school and an orphanage are created. In 1893, the complex was transferred to 4 Titon Street. The first stone of the temple was laid on June 20, 1895 and the building was inaugurated on May 10, 1896. Its architect was the Protestant Adolphe Augustin Rey. It is built in a neo-Romanesque style, mixing Art- nouveau elements. The building has the distinction of being illuminated by a zenithal canopy, supported by a beautiful pine frame from North America, witness to the craftsmanship of the Faubourg Saint- Antoine.

E6 The former instrument was built in 1895 by Merklin. Since its construction, it has remained totally authentic apart from a doubling of traction, carried out around 1940 as well as the addition of a Cymbal III to the GO (perhaps by Picaud or Sebire?). In 2020, it was decided to replace the mechanical part with a second-hand organ. The wooden sideboard has been preserved. This second-hand instrument was built by the German organ builder Wilbrand in 1994. The organ has 15 stops divided over two 56-note manuals and a 30-note pedalboard. It is entirely mechanical. The solid oak windchests are of the slider type and are fitted with built-in shock absorbers with integrated regulation. A main bellows, powered by a motor, supplies wind to the three windchests via solid oak wind trunks. The frame supporting the windchests is also made of solid oak. The console features two manuals with ebony and bone keys, and a pedalboard made of solid oak. The pipework (930 pipes) is made of tin and wood. It includes one reed stop and 14 flue stops. The large subbass pipes are made of Nordic spruce, the bass pipes of the 8' stop are in oak, as are the basses of the chimney flute and Bourdon 8'. The Montre 8' begins at low C in the façade. A new frame has been built to support the façade pipes and encloses the console. It has been stained to blend in with the dark color of the original case. Source