Puget (organ)

See also: Puget (homonymy)

The Puget house is a French manufacture of organ, established in Toulouse and rested by Theodore Puget, making succeed at its head 3 generations of organ builders.

Theodore Puget (1799 - 1883) is the founder of the house Theodore Puget & Fils . Born with Montreal-on-Aude, it settles with Toulouse in 1834 after having learned art from the invoice of organ at Prosper Moitessier. It builds or rebuilds several instruments:

Five of his/her nine children will practice the trade of organier.

François Puget (Fanjeaux, 1825 - Montpellier, 1854), wire of Theodore. He completed work in the area of Montpellier, while being interested more particularly in the definition of the mechanisms and the harmonization of the instruments.

Baptist Puget (Fanjeaux, 1826 -?), wire of Theodore. He built several instruments, of which:

1865 - 1867 church of the Immaculate-Design with Toulouse
1868 Rieux-Volvestre
1882 Castelmaurou

Maurice Puget (Fanjeaux, 1835 -?), wire of Theodore. He would have left the factory with died of his Eugene brother to go to settle in Spain.

Eugene Puget (Lagrasse, 1838 - Lavelanet, 1892), wire of Theodore. After studies of piano and organ, it enters the paternal workshop at 17 years. It takes the management of the family firm in 1877.

Jean-Baptiste Puget (Toulouse, 1849 - Toulouse, 1940), wire of Theodore. Endowed for the drawing, it had the responsibility for the design of the frontages.

Maurice Puget (Toulouse, 1894 - Toulouse, 1960), wire of Jean-Baptiste.

It is under the direction of Eugene, then of Jean-Baptiste, that the family company will produce the large symphonic instruments, during the time 1875 - 1890, of which “ 4 large Puget ”:

1878 - Notre-Dame Church of Taur to Toulouse (40 plays)
1880 - 1885 Rodez church Saint-Mercies
1888 - Notre-Dame Church of Dalbade to Toulouse (50 plays, rebuilding of Moitessier of 1844)
church Saint-Aphrodise Béziers

And also:

1881 - Saint-Fulcran Cathedral of Lodève (36 plays)
1884 - Montpellier Basilica ND of the Tables (34 plays)

But the chief of work of the house will leave the workshops under the directin of Jean-Baptiste Puget: rebuilt organ of the metropolis of Albi, in 1904 (cf blog " Dermogloste").

In 1912, the company counts approximately 180 new instruments - organ of platform and chorus - (on more than 350 interventions), in Toulouse even or in the area, among which:

Carcassonne church Saint-Vincent
Lavaur church Saint-François
Lodève church Saint-Pierre
Montauban church Saint-Orens
Toulouse churches Lardenne, Launaguet, Saint-Michel

A little later:

Cathedral Saint-Just-and-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne
Toulouse church Saint-Jerome
Albi church Saint-Salvy

See too

Internal bonds

Organ builder

Random links: