Paris, Nov 8, 2024 (AFP) - Japanese organ builder 'honoured' to restore voice of Notre Dame

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2024-11-08

Itaru Sekiguchi first heard the Great Organ of the Paris Notre Dame cathedral when he was 10. The "infernal sound" changed his life forever. "It was a bit of a culture shock," he said. Today the Japanese, 53, is one of a handful of specialists entrusted with tuning and voicing the fabled instrument as Notre Dame prepares to reopen on December 7 after a devastating fire in 2019. The near 300-year-old colossus was miraclously spared by the flames.......

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