Les orgues de province
Organ in the Saint-Pierre cathedral, Annecy




History:

Built by Nicolas-Antoine Lété from Mirecourt in 1842 The organ was enlarged by Lété in 1845 with a few additional stops and then Beaucourt and Voegeli transformed the instrument in 1850. The Récit division is increased to 54 notes. The bellows were transformed by Voegeli in 1861. Merklin rebuilt the organ in 1887 reducing it to 2 manuals. He used the back positive wind-trunk to create a large recit division. The bellows were changed, a new console is installed and the organ loft is enlarged. In 1912 the organ was refurbished by Bernard Tschaunn of Geneva and again in 1982 by Jean Bourgarel of Menotey.
The organ was classified by the French Historical Monuments Feburary 15, 1980. The restoration work was handed over to Michel Giroud of Grenoble in 1986. According to the wishes of the Historical Monuments committee, the ancient parts by Lété would have to be restored, by recreating the back positive 8’, and still preserving the essential transformations brought by Beaucourt (for example the Barker lever on the Great-organ division).


Composition :


Positif de dos:

Montre 8
Bourdon 8
Gambe 8
Prestant 4
Dulciane 4
Nasard 2 2/3
Quarte 2
Tierce 1 3/5
Fourniture III
Cromorne 8
Tremblant
 Grand Orgue:

Bourdon 16
Montre 8
Bourdon 8
Flûte 8
Gambe 8
Prestant 4
Galoubet IIrgs
Plein-Jeu
Cornet V (UT3)
Trompette 8
Clairon 4
 Recit:

Bourdon 8
Bourdon 4
Trompette 8
Basson-Hautbois 8
Voix humaine 8
Tremblant





 Pedale:

Montre 16
Bourdon 16
Flûte 8
Flûte 4
Bombarde 16
Trompette 8


POS./G.O.
REC./G.O.
Tir POS.
Tir G.O.
Tir REC.