The organ of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in l'Arbresle, Rhône
was built in 1965 by Athanase Dunand. He was recorded by Sebastian
Halas, who wrote a sample-set for the Grand-Orgue software.
With his permission, a new version of this sample-set has been
kindly produced by Augustine Takáts, who is entitled to
all our gratitude. The AEOV offers it to you in memory of its
founding president Alain Grandchamp, who died in Geneva in
June 2021.
L'Arbresle is a town of just over 20,000 inhabitants located about
twenty kilometers northwest of Lyon, on the borders of Beaujolais.
Its church, dedicated to Saint-Jean-Baptiste, is a neo-Gothic
building built by the architect Francisque Boiron after the war of
1870
About the
organ
It is
a 15 stops istrument on two keyboards and pedals, in a very
Italian style, whose composition is as follows:
Main: Principale
8', Flauto 8', Quintadecima 2', Decimanona 1-1/3, Cornetto a 2
file, Ripieno XXVI-XXIX, Ripieno XIX-XXII,
Trombone 8', Fagotto 8' - Vox-Humana -Tremolo
Swell: Bordone 8', Flauto 4'
Pedal: Contrabasso 16'
couplers for the keyboards and the pedal.
You can listen the Grandorgue version of this organ with
this Youtube link.
About the sample-set
The sample
sets can be handled by Hauptwerk. version 4.2 and further. They
are neither encrypted, nor protected by a licence. Reuse of the
samples nevertheless requires the authorization of the AOEV. It is
available in wave format 48kHz/24-bit, multiple loops (1-12) and
multiple releases (3 levels). Samples are wave format 48kHz/24-bit
stereo
Two versions (stereo only)
- Original, the same as the Sebastian Halas GrandOrgue
version
- New with some samples fixed and the Voce Humana on the
Swell, for a better balance.
Accessing
the sample set
It can be loaded free of charge on
this link
The file is only 1.9 Gb and is
needing few RAM. This organ can be opened with HW 4 Free.
Acknowledgement
Thanks to Sebastian Halas, Augustine Takáts, Dominique Dantand,
Gérard Lefranc,for their invaluable assistance and to all the AOEV
donours: they allowed the realization of this sample set
