Claude Parisot
Claude Parisot 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
- 1747 Notre-Dame de Guibray, Falaise
- Premonstratensian abbey of Séry-aux-Prés
- Church of St George and Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Abbeville
- Sées Cathedral
- Ardenne Abbey
- Jacobin convent, Caen
- Abbey of St André en Gouffern
Category:1784 deaths
Category:French pipe organ builders
Category:French musical instrument makers
Category:18th-century French artisans