Claude Parisot

Claude Parisot ( in Étain3 March 1784 in Étain) was a French organ builder. He came from a family of organ builders: his nephew Henri in turn built and repaired many instruments in Lower Normandy and Maine. He learned his art with Moucherel of Lorraine, then in 1727 with Louis-Alexandre and Jean-Baptiste Clicquot in Paris.

Beginning in 1735, Parisot built numerous organs in northern and western France: 1736 Church of St Rémy, Dieppe, restored and currently used by the École Nationale de Musique. Numerous recordings available. 1741 Premonstratensian abbey of Mondaye (near Bayeux) 1747 Notre-Dame de Guibray, Falaise Premonstratensian abbey of Séry-aux-Prés (Seine-Maritime) Church of St George and Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Abbeville Sées Cathedral Ardenne Abbey (near Caen) Jacobin convent, Caen Abbey of St André en Gouffern (near Falaise)