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Dijon, Cathédrale Saint-Benigne

Karl-Joseph and Rupert Riepp 1740-45

State of preservation:
1787-88 reed stops key action and wind chests renewed; further modifications 1798, 1846-48, 1860; 1902 electric actions, in 1953 electro-pneumatic action; 1987-1996 partly reconstruction to the state of 1788 by Gerhard Schmid; pipes by Riepp's organ (once 45 stops on four manuals) still exist in stops marked „*“ .

In once the biggest Riepp organ in France and biggest outside Paris only small parts of its original state have survived. Here the numerous modifications and modernisations have left only traces of Riepp's organ. At its time it was one of the most remarkable instrument in Europe, a rare combination of craftsmanship and scholarship, examined by Dom Bédos de Celles and its first organist Claude Rameau, older brother of composer and scholar Jean-Philippe Rameau, all familiar with Riepp and probably involved in the planning of this organ.

Specification:

Grand Orgue/Bombarde:
Montre    32’ *
Montre                  16’ *
Bourdon                16’ *
Grande Cornet    [16’] 6f. (from d#⁰)
Montre                     8’ *
Bourdon                  8’ *
Cornet                    [8’] 5f. (from b⁰) *
Flûte                        8’
Gros Nazard           5 ¹/₃’ *
Prestant                  4’
Grande Tierce        3 ¹/₅’
Nazard                    2 ²/₃’ *
Doublette               2’ *
Quarte de nazard 2’
Tierce                      1 ³/₅’
Grande Fourniture 1 ¹/₃’ 3f. *
Fourniture              ¹/₃’ 4f.
Cymbale                 ¼’ 5f.
Bombarde             16’ *
1ère Trompette      8’ *
2e Trompette          8’
3e Trompette          8’
Clairon                     4’ *

Positif:
Bourdon 16’
Montre                8’
Flûte                   8’
Bourdon             8’ *
Cornet               [8’] 5f. (from b⁰) *
Prestant             4’ *
Flûte                   4’ *
Nasard               2²/₃’
Doublette           2’
Tierce                 1³/₅’
Larigot                1¹/₃’
Carillon                   3f.
Fourniture          ½’ 4f. *
Cymbale              ¼’ 3f. *
Trompette            8’ *
Cromorne            8’ *
Voix humaine      8’
Clairon                 4’ *

Récit:

Bourdon-Flûte    8’ 2f.
Cornet                 [8’] 5f.
Hautbois              8’

Écho:
Flûte                     8’ *
Cornet                 [8’] 5f.
Trompette            8’ *

Récit (swell with 19th/20th c. stops):
Gambe    16’
Flûte harmonique     8’
Bourdon                      8’
Salicional                    8’
Gambe                         8’
Voix céleste                 8’
Octave                         4’
Gambe                         4’
Sesquialtera               2 ²/₃’+1 ³/₅’
Octavin                         2’
Piccolo                         1’
Plein Jeu 5f.
Fourniture 3f.
Bombarde                 16’
Trompette                   8’
Basson-Hautbois       8’
Voix humaine              8’
Clairon                         4’

Pédale:
Principale (borrowed GO) 32’ *
Flûte                                     16’ *
Flûte                                        8’ *
Flûte                                        4’ *
Bombarde                             16’ *
Trompette                               8’ *
Clairon                                    4’ *