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The church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of
Maisons-Alfort, whose rather classical plan is in
the shape of a Latin cross, was built between
1908 and 1909 by the architect Jacquemin,
thanks to the donation of a plot of land worth
one hundred thousand gold francs from a
benefactress of the commune. This church was
made of concrete and brick. The choir was
refurbished in the 1970s. It was restored in 2016.
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The instrument was built in 1897 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. This
organ had been commissioned from Cavaillé-Coll by the Russian
Court, for the Great Hall of the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. After
the October Revolution of 1917, this order was cancelled.
The instrument was then dismantled in Moscow and installed in
the Music Hall of the French Circle in Istanbul (Turkey). This first
purpose explains the particular refinement of the gilded and
sculpted cedar sideboard with watch pipes with gilded
escutcheons as well as an upturned console facing the nave,
whose sculptural work can be admired on its side panels.
In 1919, the organ was installed in this church by Mutin.
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The instrument was built in 1897 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.
This organ had been commissioned from Cavaillé-Coll by
the Russian Court, for the Great Hall of the Kremlin Palace
in Moscow. After the October Revolution of 1917, this order
was cancelled.
The instrument was then dismantled in Moscow and
installed in the Music Hall of the French Circle in Istanbul
(Turkey). This first purpose explains the particular
refinement of the gilded and sculpted cedar sideboard
with watch pipes with gilded escutcheons as well as an
upturned console facing the nave, whose sculptural work
can be admired on its side panels.
In 1919, the organ was installed in this church by Mutin.
