Orgues Létourneau Limitée of

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ...

is a prominent Canadian builder and restorer of

pipe organs The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks' ...

. The company was founded in 1979 by Fernand Létourneau, who served as president, owner and artistic director of the firm until 2019. In 2019, Fernand Létourneau sold the company to a long-time employee, Dudley Oakes. 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 largest instrument to date, a five-manual, 144-rank instrument for the Church of St. John the Divine in

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Founder

Fernand Létourneau worked for

Casavant Frères Casavant Frères is a Canadian organ building company in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been building pipe organs since 1879. As of 2014, the company has produced more than 3,900 organs. Company history Brothers Joseph-Claver (1855–1933 ...

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.

Some notable organs

Opus 43 (1995) of 2 manuals, 22 stops, 26 ranks and 1364 pipes fo
Pembroke College
Oxford. Opus 50 (2002), the Davis Concert Organ of 96 stops, 122 ranks, and 6,551 pipes in the

Francis Winspear Centre for Music The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is a performing arts centre located in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Opened in 1997, it is the home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. The centre is named after Francis G. Winspear, who don ...

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. Opus 80 (2002) of 3 manuals, 59 stops, 73 ranks, and 4,119 pipes fo
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
in

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. Opus 95 (2004) of 3 manuals and 30 stops for

Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (18 ...

. Opus 97 (2005) of 5 manuals, 113 stops, 144 ranks, and 8,361 pipes fo
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, Texas
Opus 112 (2007) of 101 stops, 98 ranks and 5,447 pipes for

Edenton Street United Methodist Church Edenton Street United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, where over 1,500 people gather to worship each Sunday. Edenton Street Church was one of the first churches built in the city ...

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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, Californiahttps://ctlcathedral.org/documents/2019/9/Conroy%20Memorial%20Organ%20Brochure.pdf

External links

Orgues Létourneau
– company website

References

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