Organ by Antoine Suret
Église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie
Rue du Temple
Quartier des Arts-et-Métiers, 3rd arrondissement
Paris, July 2005
“The organ of Sainte Élisabeth is built by Antoine Suret in 1852-1853 and was showed on the word exhibition of 1855 as an example of fine Parisian organ building. It won a first price, as is indicated on the organ case, which itself is very impressive. It is one of the few organs of this builder still present in Paris. The organ is charateristic for this (pre-romantic) period, with many reed stops (16 on 39), of which three are free: Euphone, Cor Anglais and the (nowadays missing) Hautbois of the Swell. It also houses a new stop: the Kéraulophone, invented by Gray & Davison (London, 1843). The organ was severly altered by G. Gutschenritter at the beginning of the 20th century (towards a more symphonic style) and in 1941-1955 (towards a more neo-classical style), but recontructed again into its original style in 1994-1999 by Giroud.” (Sainte Elisabeth, The Organs of Paris)
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