No connection I realize, but I learned as an apprentice in NYC, to wire pipe organs under the tutelage of of a guy who did it as a hobby. He was meticulous. His "day job" was as a cartographer at Time Magazine.
Having spent an afternoon there, St. Sulpice is an amazing instrument in its complexity and its status. It pretty much sounds like it did when Cavaille-Coll built it. The registrants are necessary when one plays anything that takes a lot of registration changes
Also, Pierre-Francois (the guy on the right in the top video) is a lovely fellow. One will find him there anytime a concert is played or even on Sundays. Mssr. Roth is generous with the organ and though I find him not necessarily disposed toward my interest in Tournemire, he is gracious. It is worth anyone's visit if they are in Paris. St. Sulpice itself is a quite an amazing church also, though the liturgy is pretty wretched. So just go for the organ and the space.
Tournemire is an acquired taste. I like him, but don't subject the congregation to him often. They don't like his works. Occasionally, I can slip one of the shorter pieces in and they don't notice so much.
Ooops. This webpage contains the link to the previous PDF. Scroll down the webpage for the english description of the process to prepare the next combination of stops.
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