Pipe Organ MapA. Sals
| Founded/Born - Closed/Death | 1942 - 2018 |
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Alain Sals (June 7, 1942 - September 5, 2018) was an organ builder from Vaucluse, France.
His first contact with the organ was at the Saint-Jean-de-Malte church in Aix-en-Provence, thanks to the organist Galician. As soon as he could, he joined Jean-Albert Négrel, an organ builder in Roquevaire, who maintained and repaired many instruments in Provence and its surroundings, allowing Sals to become intimately familiar with these instruments. He then spent two years in Le Mans with Pierre Chéron, where he acquired a solid training, especially in precise and reliable mechanisms, thanks to Chéron's son-in-law, Yves Sévère. His aesthetic education and broader knowledge were mainly shaped by Philippe Hartmann in 1963 in Jura, before he settled in Provence, first in Malaucène in 1965, then in Entrechaux in Vaucluse.
At that time, the region had many old instruments, mostly neglected, and Sals took on the task of reviving this heritage by restoring organs in Pertuis, Malaucène, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Caromb, Notre-Dame des Doms in Avignon, Forcalquier, Manosque, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Alès, and Sète. Since then, his work has extended throughout France, both in the construction of new instruments and the restoration of historical ones. He trained and worked with Gérald Guillemin for eight years and later partnered with Charles Henry.
His first contact with the organ was at the Saint-Jean-de-Malte church in Aix-en-Provence, thanks to the organist Galician. As soon as he could, he joined Jean-Albert Négrel, an organ builder in Roquevaire, who maintained and repaired many instruments in Provence and its surroundings, allowing Sals to become intimately familiar with these instruments. He then spent two years in Le Mans with Pierre Chéron, where he acquired a solid training, especially in precise and reliable mechanisms, thanks to Chéron's son-in-law, Yves Sévère. His aesthetic education and broader knowledge were mainly shaped by Philippe Hartmann in 1963 in Jura, before he settled in Provence, first in Malaucène in 1965, then in Entrechaux in Vaucluse.
At that time, the region had many old instruments, mostly neglected, and Sals took on the task of reviving this heritage by restoring organs in Pertuis, Malaucène, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Caromb, Notre-Dame des Doms in Avignon, Forcalquier, Manosque, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Alès, and Sète. Since then, his work has extended throughout France, both in the construction of new instruments and the restoration of historical ones. He trained and worked with Gérald Guillemin for eight years and later partnered with Charles Henry.
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