A beautiful pipe organ in Grenoble, France
A big magnificient organ in Saint-Louis church, in Grenoble, France. It was built by Formentelli, as a mix of German, French and Italian classic style. It even has a récit expressif !
63 stops and three keyboards. You can distinguish all of its sections by looking at it : the pedale's tourelles on the side, the positif de dos at the front, and the récit sitting on the grand orgue in the middle part.
The great pipes you see are chanoines, they are completely mute and do not play. As they are mainly made of tin and not lead (to make them shinier), you can see them being crushed under their own weight.
It is very pleasant to play this organ, the french reeds sound like thunder, the principals are very german-like with a sharp attack and the mixtures are sharp, but mellowed by the church acoustics and the fact that they go right over your head and are not directed toward you !