Saint Martin de Boscherville, Eglise abbatiale Saint Georges

Guillaume Lesselier 1623, enlarged in 1733.

State of preservation: restored by Bernard Aubertin 1993 to 18th c. condition.

The organ of Saint Martin de Boscherville is a typical example of a small organ - following French standards.

Two manuals and the detached „Recit“ as a solo stop represent the minimum requirements for French organ music of the time. a pedal being of minor importance for the occasional extra bass tone therefore only attached later here as often when an instrument was enlarged in the 18th century.

Even with a small organ about this size the presence of the characteristic French reed stops was considered essential: Trompette 8' and Clairon 4' (GO; the organ being too small for the likewise essential Bombarde 16') and the solo reeds Cromorne and Voix humaine.