Saint Honoré d'Eylau

Orgue polyphone de la crypte

This crypt has the same dimensions as the church, with an apse and a semi-circular ambulatory, in the neo-Romanesque style. The initial decoration, made in 1928, disappeared about fifty years later. Built by Paul Marbeau, an architect and disciple of Gustave Eiffel, it surprises with its arcades, its metal columns and its ceiling height of nearly 5 meters. The Stations of the Cross were carved in white stone.

19xx - Louis Debierre (1) xxxx - Dargassies (5)

The organ in the crypt is an ‘orgue-polyphone’ , built by Louis Debierre. The Trompette is replaced by a "clariton", a kind of Plein-jeu progressif with a Tierce (info: Xavier Lebrun, facebook) There is the possibility of registering a combination through a simple but effective system. The keyboard is a transposing one fifth above and one third below. Plus d’info Thanks to Antoine Doucy for the information and photos

Composition Bourdon16 Bourdon8 Voix Céleste Flûte harmonique 8 Violoncelle 8 B/D Flûte octav 4 B/D Clairon 4 B/D Combinaison B/D