François-Henri (also Henry) Clicquot (1732 – 24 May 1790) was a French organ builder and was the grandson of

Robert Clicquot Robert Clicquot (1645–1719) was a French organ builder from Paris. His most notable organs are in the Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, the churches of Saint-Quentin and Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris and Rouen Cathedral. Clicquot's desce ...

and son of Louis-Alexandre Cliquot, who were also noted organ builders. Clicquot was born in Paris, where he later died. The Clicquot firm installed the first noteworthy organ in the

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of Notre-Dame de Paris. Though extensively rebuilt and expanded in the nineteenth century by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, some of the original Clicquot pipework was reused, notably in the pedal division of that instrument, where it continues to be heard today. Upon the death of Louis-Alexandre, François-Henri inherited his father's workshop. He reconstructed the organ of St. Gervais in 1758, and built the organs at St. Sulpice (also notably rebuilt by Aristide Cavaille-Coll), St. Nicolas-des-Champs,

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, and at

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. Clicquot died suddenly before completing the organ at the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. His son Claude-François Clicquot completed, delivered, and presented the organ on March 7, 1791.

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Jean-Luc Perrot Jean-Luc Perrot (born 23 May 1959 in Moulins, Allier, in Central France) is a French organist, carillonneur, composer and musicologist. Biography Jean-Luc Perrot is agrégé of musicology, Doctor of literature and arts (musicology), lecture ...

play the ''Romance'' from ''l’Art du facteur d’orgues'', Dom Bedos de Celles on the organ François-Henri Clicquot,

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* 1732 births 1790 deaths French pipe organ builders Engineers from Paris {{France-engineer-stub