It has taken months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating of 8,000 pipes, 115 organ stops and numerous other musical components, but on Saturday the majestic tones of the Grand Organ of Notre Dame will ring out once more.
Francois Mori/APVeteran organ builder Laurent Mesme’s company, Orgues Quoirin, was one of three workshops chosen from across France to restore the Grand Organ.
“During the day it was impossible to do anything (with the noise).”A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ.
Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty ImagesLatry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.
“Every time there has been a restoration, the organ builders have preserved what the previous organ builders have done.
Persons:
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Locations:
Marne, Paris, France, “, AFP