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Ère, België (Hainaut) - Couvent des Pères Passionistes, Chapelle
Municipal: Tournai
Region:Wallonie
Address: Rue des Pères 16, 7500, Ère

Description nr.: 2071335.

Built by: Gebrüder Gerhardt (ca. 1890)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
ca. 1890 Gebrüder Gerhardt  new organ
1902 Builder unknown  transfer/relocate
1919 Oscar Anneessens  maintenance/reparations

  • In the chapel of the Couvent des Pères Passionistes in Ère, an organ was dedicated on Easter Monday, March 31, 1902. It was played by the organists Désiré Rogez and Vantieghem from Tournai. The organ was built by the Gerhardt brothers from Boppard, at the end of the nineteenth century. The origin is unknown. The organ was worked on by Oscar Anneessens between 1919 and 1927.
  • The Couvent was closed in or before 1993. The last monk left the village on December 3rd, 1993.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual7
- Pedal1
Total number of stops8
Key actionPneumatic
Stop actionPneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
Manual (C-f'''): Principal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Salicional 8', Vox Celest 8', Octav 4', Flöte 4', Dolce 4'.
Pedal (C-d'): Subbas 16'.
Couplers: Pedalkoppel, Octavkoppel.

Literature Orgues de Wallonie : Volume 8 : Province de Hainaut : Tomes 12 et 13 - Arrondissements de Tournai et Ath : Tome 14 - Arrondissement de Mouscron / Roland Servais ; Pierre Decourcelle. - Namur : Ministère de la Région wallone : Direction générale de l'Aménagement du Territoire, du Logement et du Patrimoine, 1998.