The pipe organ is the largest in France and is Notre-Dame Cathedral’s most important objects. It has five keyboards and approximately 8,000 pipes. Prior to the fire, every Sunday afternoon, the organ could be played by any and all who wish to do so, however the waiting list was almost two to three years long.

Notre-Dame’s famous Grand Organ is the largest organ in France, consisting of approximately 8,000 pipes, a console with five keyboards and pedals, and 109 stops. Its largest pipes stand an impressive 32 feet tall.

Dec 11, 2020 · Workers accessed the imposing organ via 98-foot-tall scaffolding installed this summer, removing its keyboards before preparing thousands of metal and wooden pipes—the longest of which is 32...

Apr 18, 2024 · Miraculously, the cathedral’s great organ was left undamaged, aside from a small amount of water damage in one of its pipes and a rather large coating of lead dust. What work is required to return the organ to its original state?

The medieval organ of Notre-Dame, with a single keyboard equipped with a blockwerk, became archaic. The Parisian organ evolved and modernized under the influence of organists and organ builders. The cathedral’s carpenters worked on the wooden structural parts.

The history of the Renaissance organ at Notre-Dame begins in the 13th century. The first grand organ was created in the early 15th century to provide a sound and musical dimension befitting the cathedral. Organ builders played a crucial role in the various modifications of the instrument.

Dec 8, 2024 · The 8,000 pipes of the spectacular Notre Dame organ have sounded for the first time in public since the fire that caused catastrophic damage to the 861 Cathedral five years ago. The cathedral's reopening was marked by a spectacular concert featuring some of classical music's biggest stars.

The Notre-Dame organ, modernized in the 20th century, still retains some pipes from the 15th century. It currently features five 56-note manuals, a 32-note pedalboard, 109 stops, 111 registers, and 7,952 pipes.

Dec 6, 2024 · Metals expert Aurelia Azema displays traces on the metal pipes of the Notre Dame cathedral organ to measure a kind of lead "fingerprint" at Champs-sur-Marne, west of Paris ahead of...

Dec 6, 2024 · Paris (AFP) – Notre Dame's famed 8,000-pipe organ, known as the voice and soul of the beloved cathedral, will be "revived" after a five-year absence in one of the highlights of this weekend's...