Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

French organ builder

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1811

Place of Birth: Montpellier, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1899

Profession: organ builder, musical instrument maker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (French: [a?istid kavaje k?l]; 4 February 1811 – 13 October 1899) was a French organ builder.
He has the reputation of being the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century.
He pioneered innovations in the art and science of organ building that permeated throughout the profession and influenced the course of organ building and organ composing through the early 20th century.
The organ reform movement sought to return organ building to a more Baroque style; but since the 1980s, Cavaillé-Coll's designs have come back into fashion.
After Cavaillé-Coll's death, Charles Mutin maintained the business into the 20th century.
Cavaillé-Coll was the author of many scientific journal articles and books on the organ in which he published the results of his researches and experiments.
He was the inventor of several organ stops such as the flûte harmonique.
His most famous organs in Paris are in Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Basilique Sainte-Clotilde and Église de la Madeleine.