TROYES.
THE CATHEDRAL.—A fine organ stands at the west end of the church, under a grand Flamboyant rose window. It is proposed to remove the stone vault on which it stands, and to place the instrument, which is said to have been brought from the Abbey of St. Bernard, at Clairvaux, on iron girders, so as to allow the rose to be better seen. It has five towers, that in the centre containing the five largest pipes, surmounted by King David, with his harp; on each side of which is a flat containing nine pipes, then a little tower of five pipes, above which is an angel, who holds festoons of flowers, which come from the centre and end towers. Next comes a flat of eight pipes, beyond which are the end towers, with five large pipes, supported by giants, and crowned with a sitting angel, playing on a violin. The Choir Organ has three towers of five pipes each, the smallest tower, which is in the centre, carries a shield, and the end towers have each an angel. The base of the Choir Organ is stone, and on each side of the Great Organ case stand large wood pipes. The wood-work of the case is dark in colour, and the carving elaborate, with no gilding, and the pipes are plain. The Accompaniment Organ stands on the north side of the Choir, with a reversed key-board, played from the Stalls. Its pipes are plain, and the wood is left its natural colour. Its style is ultra-Gothic, minus the correct painting and gilding. 1869.
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TROYES CATHEDRAL
2ND. SEPTR. 1869
ST. JEAN.—At the west end is a fair-sized organ, with a Choir Organ before it, both having three towers, the smallest in the centre. 1869.
ST. NIZIER.—On the north side of the Choir stands an organ of modern Gothic work, with its key-board reversed. 1869.
ST. RÉMI.—An organ, the design of which is modern Gothic, stands at the west end. 1869.
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The figures given at the end of each description, are the dates at which I saw the different instruments.
Unless it is stated that the pipes are gilded or painted, it is to be understood that the pipes in foreign organs are left their natural colour.