L'orgue de la Salle Redpath de l'Université McGill

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L'orgue de la Salle Redpath de l'Université McGill
Abstract
McGill University's Redpath Hall houses a specifically-built French Classical style organ, installed in 1981. The project director for the design and instullation of the organ was Hellmuth Wolff (1937-2013). The woodworking and sculpture at St. Étienne-du-Mont and the former organ at St. Germain-des-Prés served as sources of inspiration for the design of the organcase. The organ building specifications have followed as closely as possible Don Bédos de Celles's (1709-1779) indications for the dimensions of manuals and keys. Wind is generated by an electrical blower and uses only one parallel-fold bellows as a reservoir for want of wedge-shaped bellows to better match how it was done at that time. However, Dom Bedos's formulas were used to build the wind trunks. A drawknob labeled plein-vent (full wind) allows the organist to boost by a third the air quantity brought in the Grand-Orgue division. The pipes are cut "à la française" meaning with closed toe holes. The sizes of flue stops and reeds are all drawn from Don Bédos. Cymbal mixtures are built as those found in certain François-Henri Clicquot's (1732-1790) organs and the lowest rank (16' harmonics) of the Fourniture on the Grand-Orgue can be opened or closed. The French pedalboard has a wider compass than those usually found on similar instruments (down to double octave A for the reeds).
Book Title
L'orgue à notre époque : Papers and Proceedings of the Symposium Held at McGill University, May 26-28, 1981
Place
Montreal
Publisher
McGill University
Date
1981
Pages
1-12
Language
fr
ISBN
0-7717-0072-5
Citation
Wolff, Hellmuth. “L’orgue de la Salle Redpath de l’Université McGill.” In L’orgue à notre époque : Papers and Proceedings of the Symposium Held at McGill University, May 26-28, 1981, edited by Donald MacKay, 1–12. Montreal: McGill University, 1981.
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