Cinema organs

The six main cinema-organs (le Paramount, le Madeleine, le Clichy Palace, l’Olympia, le Théâtre Pigalle et le Gaumont Palace) are gone, with the exeption of the organ of the cinéma Gaumont-Palace. • Gaumont-Palace Built in 1930 by Hill, Norman and Beard Limited from Norwich, IV/14, unit. This organ is moved in 1980 to the Pavillon Baltard (the old Halles de Paris) in Nogent-sur-Marne and restored by Dargassies. • Olympia Unit organ Cavaillé-Coll (1930) II/11 • Le Paramount Unit organ Wurlitzer (1927) II/60 (10), détruit en 1972 • Le Madeleine Unit organ Wurlitzer (1926) II/35 (5) , transported and rebuilt in 1937 at Stanford Hall, Loughborough (United Kingdom) • Marivaux Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll (1918), transported and rebuilt by Helbig in 1953 at Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Argentré-du-Plessis (35). Current composition • Palais-Rochechouart Merklin-organ • Clichy Palace Unit organ (7 real stops) built in 1928 by Standaart (Rotterdam, Netherlands). The console has a pedalboard of 30 notes, two keyboards and a piano of 88 notes. It has 7 real stops, extended to about 14 stops, it has many percussions, bass drum, drum, cymbal, wood-block, whistle, siren, hail, gong, tube chime ect. The box containing the pipes was rebuilt and is completely removable. The organ is equipped with a "midi" system with diskettes that allows the organist to record and listen to himself. Now privately owned and for sale. • Théâtre Pigalle Organ Cavaillé-Coll (1932) III/55 (43), disappeared. Other cinema-organs in Paris (non exhaustif) • Cinéma Monge Palace (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Cinéma Lutetia Wagram (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Cirque d'Hiver (Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll) • Palais Rochechouart (Merklin et Kuhn) • Le Select (Cavaillé-Coll) • Grenelle Aubert Palce (Merklin et Kuhn) • Montrouge Palace (Cavaillé-Coll) • Louxor - Palais du Cinéma (Abbey) • Impérial (Abbey/Casavant) • Clichy Palace (Standaart) Sources/read more (in French): Jean-Jacques Meusy: Lorsque l’orgue s’invita au cinéma Frédéric Muñoz : L’orgue et le cinéma, une vieille histoire d’amour Compositions de quelques orgues « classiques » des cinémas de France

Organs in concert halls