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Builder: Schwenkedel
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Concave Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (56 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions25 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on January 25th, 2026:

The instrument was installed in Créteil Cathedral in 2016 by Bernard Dargassies. The swell division keyboard, enlarged by three stops, is installed in two half-cases on either side of the instrument.


Paul R. Marchesano on January 25th, 2026:

This instrument was built in 1967 by Curt [Kurt] Schwenkedel for the Valentin Haüy Concert Hall in Paris. It was installed [by Schwenkedel?] in the original cathedral building in 1980. It was removed and installed in the new cathedral building in 2016 by Bernard Dargassies.

Related Instrument Entries: Schwenkedel (1967) , Schwenkedel (1980)

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