Notre-Dame de Vimoutiers
Built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1899
The Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Église Notre-Dame in Vimoutiers, Normandy, France, was built in 1899. It is, along with the organ at the Moscow Conservatory, the last organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll whilst he was still alive. It was inaugurated by Alexandre Guilmant and has also been played by other famous organists, notably Louis Vierne and Pierre Cochereau.
The town was bombed in WWII, luckily sparing the organ, although the stained glass windows needed to be replaced. The organ underwent a few modifications over the years, including the addition of stops to the Positif and the Récit, but was faithfully restored to its original state in 2019 by the Pesce and Robert organ building company.
The organ has a divided case, allowing the rose window to be seen. The Positif and Grand-Orgue are on the left side (when facing the instrument) while the Récit and the majority of the pedal pipes are on the right.
The Grand-Orgue is assisted with a barker lever, making the otherwise heavy action easier to play.
In the sample set, a stereo pair of mics recorded the organ roughly from around 20 meters away, which includes a large amount of the church acoustics. In the future, I plan to revisit the church and record in more surround channels to capture a more close impression of the instrument.
By purchasing this sample set, you are also supporting the future of the instrument and 'Les Amis des Orgues de Vimoutiers'.
I Grand-Orgue
Bourdon 16
Montre 8
Flûte Harmonique 8
Salicional 8
Prestant 4
Quinte 2 2/3
Doublette 2
Plein Jeu III
Trompette 8
Clairon 4
-
G.O. Ventil
II/I
III/I
Octave Graves
Réc. to G.O. Octave Graves
II Positif
Principal 8
Cor de Nuit 8
Unda Maris 8
Flûte Douce 4
Trompette 8*
Clarinette 8
-
III/II
III Récit Expressif
Flûte Traversière 8
Viole de Gambe 8
Voix Céleste 8
Flûte Octaviante 4
Octavin 2
Basson 16
Trompette 8
Basson et Hautbois 8
Voix Humaine 8
Clairon Harmonique 4
-
Tremolo
Pédale
Contrebasse 16
Soubasse 16
Basse 8
Bombarde 16*
-
I/P
II/P
III/P
Stops in red activated by the corresponding division Anches
*These anches stops are controlled by a reversible anches pedal
Technical Information
Sample and bit rate: 96kHz, 24 Bit
2 Channels (Stereo)
Software required: Hauptwerk v4.2+
Tremulant sampled chromatically for Voix Humaine, artificially generated for the others using a higher quality processing tool.
All blower, stop, and action noises sampled.
Manual Compass C-g3
Pedal Compass C-f1
The Positif division is not enclosed on the real instrument, however a hidden enclosure has been provided in the sample set found in enclosure settings.
Memory Requirements (Lossless Compression)
24 Bit, 2 channels: 16.7 GB
16 Bit, 2 channels: 9.1 GB
These requirements might vary slightly, allow about 2GB on top of this amount to calculate the minimum you should have installed on your computer for it to run without issues.
Demo Specification
I Grand-Orgue
Montre 8
Prestant 4
Doublette 2
-
G.O. Ventil
II/I
III/I
Octave Graves
Réc. to G.O. Octave Graves
II Positif
Cor de Nuit 8
-
III/II
III Récit Expressif
Flûte Traversière 8
Viole de Gambe 8
Voix Céleste 8
Flûte Octaviante 4
Basson et Hautbois 8
Trompette 8
-
Tremolo
Pédale
Soubasse 16
-
I/P
II/P
III/P
Stops in red activated by the corresponding division Anches
When loading the demo sample set, if you try and load any of the ranks which are not in the demo specification above, an error will occur - please don't try and load the others!
If you try the demo set and then decide to purchase and install the full set, please uninstall the demo organ and data through the uninstall menu before installing the full version, to help ensure no errors occur.
£200
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Sample set screenshots
Console
Simple Jamb
Left Jamb
Right Jamb