Paris: Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles

Country: France
Region: Île-de-France
Department: Paris
City: Paris
Location: VII.; 56, boulevard des Invalides

Built 1844 by Pierre Philippon as a school for blind young people with a music conservatory. Many famous French organists were educated at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles. The complex includes three halls with pipe organs:

  • Salle André Marchal, a concert hall with a Cavaillé-Coll organ of 1883, severely modified by Gonzalez in 1959
  • Salle Sèvres, with a 1880s Cavaillé-Coll organ, modified by Beuchet in 1932 and by Gonzalez-Danel-Dargassies in the 1990s
  • Salle Duroc, with a 1860s Cavaillé-Coll organ, severely modified by Beuchet in 1932 and by Costa in 1956

Links: www.inja.fr, www.organsparisaz2.vhhil.nl, Wikipedia

Paris: Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles Picture: Salle André Marchal
Front Text: "Paris. - Salle des Concerts de l'Institution National des Jeunes Aveugles, Boulevard des Invalides"
Publisher: Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, Paris; 2718
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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