At 05:34 PM 11/9/98 -0500, Bonnie Beth Derby forwarded to us:
 
>After a recital given by Ben van Oosten last Sunday, I learned
>that the organ of St-Ouen (Rouen, France), Cavaille-Coll's last
>great masterwork of 1890, is to undergo a restauration by the
>French organ builder Renaud (who did the restauration of St-Sulpice
>in Paris in 1991). Work is scheduled to start in summer 1999.
>
>It is true that the organ starts to get tired and fragile: van
>Oosten told me that when playing tutti, he had to remove virtually
>all 32' and 16' foundation stops, to keep a stable wind supply! He
>also had to apply some other tricks.
>
>Let us all hope for a successful restauration, so that this
>magnificient instrument will again produce its beautiful sound in
>its full glory!
 
Van Oosten has made recordings for MD+G on this organ (Vierne (1985),
Guilmant (1988) and Widor (1993/1995).
On the Guilmant recordings the organs sounds really if it needs a
restauration, there were huge problems with the chamades which
wouldn't stay in tune. On the Widor recordings these problems seems
not present at all! The organs sounds wonderful. Hopefully the restauration
will be successful as the one in Toulouse which sounds
really great on his last Widor symphonie recording.
 
regards,
 
Martijn van der Horst
Enschede, The Netherlands
 
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