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Orgues Létourneau

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The firm's work has received international recognition, and the company has been contracted to build organs for churches, schools, and concert halls in several countries, including England, New Zealand, and Australia, in addition to Canada and the United States. In 2006, the company completed its
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from 1965 to 1978. He left their employ to study the organs of France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In 1979 he returned to Quebec to establish his own firm.
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Opus 118, of 4 manuals, 90 ranks, 68 registers, and 5,298 pipes for The Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California
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largest instrument to date, a five-manual, 144-rank instrument for the Church of St. John the Divine in
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Opus 50 (2002), the Davis Concert Organ of 96 stops, 122 ranks, and 6,551 pipes in the
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https://ctlcathedral.org/documents/2019/9/Conroy%20Memorial%20Organ%20Brochure.pdf
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Opus 97 (2005) of 5 manuals, 113 stops, 144 ranks, and 8,361 pipes for
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Opus 80 (2002) of 3 manuals, 59 stops, 73 ranks, and 4,119 pipes for
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Opus 43 (1995) of 2 manuals, 22 stops, 26 ranks and 1364 pipes for
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Opus 112 (2007) of 101 stops, 98 ranks and 5,447 pipes for
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Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Canada
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Index

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
pipe organs
Houston, Texas
Casavant Frères
Pembroke College

Francis Winspear Centre for Music
Edmonton, Alberta
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Atlanta, Georgia
Selwyn College, Cambridge
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, Texas
Edenton Street United Methodist Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
Orgues Létourneau
"Létourneau, Fernand"
"Davis Concert Organ"
the original
"Létourneau Pipe Organ"
"Lutheran Church of the Redeemer"
American Guild of Organists
"Organ and organ scholarships"
the original
"About the Letourneau Opus #112"
the original
https://ctlcathedral.org/documents/2019/9/Conroy%20Memorial%20Organ%20Brochure.pdf
Categories
Pipe organ building companies
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Canada
Companies based in Saint-Hyacinthe

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