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The current church is the third place of worship on
the site. In 1551, a first chapel was built. It was
destroyed in 1590 by the League during the siege of
Paris by Henry IV. In April 1628, Queen Anne of
Austria laid the foundation stone for a new church,
erected as a parish in 1673.
Following the outrages suffered during the
Revolution, it threatened to fall into disrepair and was
rebuilt by Étienne-Hippolyte Godde, architect of the
Paris municipality, in 1823, in a neo-classical style. It
has a baptistery by immersion in the choir.
185x - Daublaine (1)
189x - Abbey? Stoltz ? (3)
1938 - Gutschenritter (7)
1950 - Gutschenritter (7)
1988 - Cicchero (6)
2020-21 - Yves Fossaert (5)
II/19 (17)
mechanical traction
(pedal pnuematic traction)
stoplist
E6
In 1988 Jean-Marc Cicchero reassembled the old choir organ of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés in place of an old organ of anonymous
construction, dismantled and stored by the City of Paris.
Examination of inside of the large case suggests a work of the
late nineteenth or early twentieth century (Abbey? Stoltz?),
identifiable by the bells with narrow gong notches and the fact
that the basses are made of zinc. The separate console, placed
in front of the large sideboard, dates from the same period.
The case, made entirely of oak, is very carefully crafted;
it seems older than the instrumental part and may date from
the middle of the nineteenth century. The façade pipes have
mouths whose flattening evokes the style of the organ builder
Daublaine, which would be consistent with the hypothesis of
the dating of the case.
This instrument was restored by Joseph Gutschenritter in
1938 and 1950, then by Jean-Marc Cicchero in 1988.
In 2019-2021, it was restored in two phases by Yves Fossaert.
A first phase of repairs, cleaning and tuning work in 2019 and
a second phase in 2021 of sound improvement.
Titular organist
Jean-Luc Babigeon, Jérôme Bertier
Parish website
Photos
Vincent Hildebrandt & Victor Weller
Organs of Paris
ORGANS OF PARIS © 2026 Vincent Hildebrandt
185x - Daublaine (1)
189x - Abbey? Stoltz ? (3)
1938 - Gutschenritter (7)
1950 - Gutschenritter (7)
1988 - Cicchero (6)
2020-21 - Yves Fossaert (5)
II/19 (17)
mechanical traction
(pedal pnuematic traction)
stoplist
E6
In 1988 Jean-Marc Cicchero reassembled the old choir organ of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés in place of an old organ of anonymous
construction, dismantled and stored by the City of Paris.
Examination of inside of the large case suggests a work of the
late nineteenth or early twentieth century (Abbey? Stoltz?),
identifiable by the bells with narrow gong notches and the fact
that the basses are made of zinc. The separate console, placed
in front of the large sideboard, dates from the same period.
The case, made entirely of oak, is very carefully crafted;
it seems older than the instrumental part and may date from
the middle of the nineteenth century. The façade pipes have
mouths whose flattening evokes the style of the organ builder
Daublaine, which would be consistent with the hypothesis of
the dating of the case.
This instrument was restored by Joseph Gutschenritter in
1938 and 1950, then by Jean-Marc Cicchero in 1988.
In 2019-2021, it was restored in two phases by Yves Fossaert.
A first phase of repairs, cleaning and tuning work in 2019 and
a second phase in 2021 of sound improvement.
Titular organist
Jean-Luc Babigeon, Jérôme Bertier
Parish website
Photos
Vincent Hildebrandt & Victor Weller
