What is Aristide Cavaillé-Coll?
[[Image:Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.jpg|thumb|175px|Aristide Cavaillé-Coll]] '''Aristide Cavaillé-Coll''' (born in [[Montpellier]], 4 February 1811; died in [[Paris]], 13 October 1899) was a [[France|French]] organ-builder. He invented many new mechanical devices and his organs changed the way that composers could write for the instrument. [[César Franck]], [[Alexandre Guilmant]], and [[Charles-Marie Widor]], in particular, were strongly influenced by the new type of organ that he was building. Cavaillé-Coll grouped the stops of the organ into different families, so that the result was similar to the families of instruments in an orchestra. He made the lowest of the manuals (keyboards) the most important one. It was called the “Great” ([[French language|French]]: “Grande Orgue”). The other manuals - there were usually two others, but sometimes three - could be “coupled” to the Great. He made changes to the English swell box, improved its operation, and divided the windchests on which the pipes were resting. This made it possible to have louder reed stops because of the higher wind pressure. ==Other websites== * [http://www.cavaille-coll.com/ Association Aristide Cavaille-Coll] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavaille-Coll, Aristide}} [[Category:1811 births]] [[Category:1899 deaths]] [[Category:Organ builders]] [[Category:French businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Montpellier]] {{bio-stub}}