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Somer
Little
is
known
about
Nicolas
Somer
(around
1731-1771).
He
built
three
organs
for
the
castle
of
Versailles
(1747-
1753).
One
of
these
organs
is
still
present
at
the
‘Grand
cabinet’
of
Madame
Adélaïde
(photo),
another
was
moved
to
the
Versailles
cathedral
St.
Louis
and
from
there
to
St
Sulpice
in
1804,
until
1868,
when
it
was
returned
to
Versailles
and
stored,
waiting
for
a
new
destination.
He
made
a
new
organ
for
the
convent
of
the
‘Bernardines
de
Penthémont’
(1765)
and
started
works
on
the
organ
of
St.
Etienne-du-Mont
(finished
after
his
death
by
Francois-Henri
Clicquot).
He
had
three
sons,
all
organ
builders:
Jacques-
Joseph, Louis-Nicolas et Antoine-Jean (or Jean-Antoine).
Louis Somer
did not work in Paris.
Jean-Antoine
Somer
(1738-1830)
primarily
refurbished
organs
which
had
been
damaged
during
the
revolution.
He
moved
the
former
organ
of
the
Jacobins'
church
of
St.
Honoré
street
to
St-Philippe-du-Roule
in
1799
and
moved
the
former
organ
of
the
St.
Victor
Abbey
to
Saint-Germain-
des-Prés
in
1809.
He
repaired
the
organ
of
St-Louis-des-
Invalides
in
1806-1807.
From
1821
until
his
death
in
1830,
he
was
associated
with
Louis
Callinet
.
They
built
the
old
organ
of
the
‘Oratoire-du-Louvre’
church
(1828)
and
repaired the organ of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1828).
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Somer
ORGANS OF PARIS © 2024 Vincent Hildebrandt ALL ORGANS 
Little
is
known
about
Nicolas
Somer
(around
1731-1771).
He
built
three
organs
for
the
castle
of
Versailles
(1747-
1753).
One
of
these
organs
is
still
present
at
the
‘Grand
cabinet’
of
Madame
Adélaïde
(photo),
another
was
moved
to
the
Versailles
cathedral
St.
Louis
and
from
there
to
St
Sulpice
in
1804,
until
1868,
when
it
was
returned
to
Versailles
and
stored,
waiting
for
a
new
destination.
He
made
a
new
organ
for
the
convent
of
the
‘Bernardines
de
Penthémont’
(1765)
and
started
works
on
the
organ
of
St.
Etienne-du-Mont
(finished
after
his
death
by
Francois-Henri
Clicquot).
He
had
three
sons,
all
organ
builders:
Jacques-
Joseph, Louis-Nicolas et Antoine-Jean (or Jean-Antoine).
Louis Somer
did not work in Paris.
Jean-Antoine
Somer
(1738-1830)
primarily
refurbished
organs
which
had
been
damaged
during
the
revolution.
He
moved
the
former
organ
of
the
Jacobins'
church
of
St.
Honoré
street
to
St-Philippe-du-Roule
in
1799
and
moved
the
former
organ
of
the
St.
Victor
Abbey
to
Saint-Germain-
des-Prés
in
1809.
He
repaired
the
organ
of
St-Louis-des-
Invalides
in
1806-1807.
From
1821
until
his
death
in
1830,
he
was
associated
with
Louis
Callinet
.
They
built
the
old
organ
of
the
‘Oratoire-du-Louvre’
church
(1828)
and
repaired the organ of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1828).
