LouisFrançoisDebierre(1842-1920),son ofacabinetmakerofNantes,was apprenticeatseveralorgan-and harmoniumbuildersinParis(e.g.Debain) beforereturningtoNantesandsettingup hisownbusiness.Whilehebuiltsomefine three-manualinstrumentsofaround50 stops,heisbestknownforhispatented portableorgans,whichhebegantomake in1871.In1882,hegotapatentforthe inventionoforganpipes‘ofmultiplenotes’.Henamedthisorgan ‘orgue portatif à tuyaux polyphones’ and sold it around the world. InParis,theChapelledesmissionsétrangèreshousesapolyphone. Healsoobtainedapatentforelectro-pneumaticactionin1888. Debierreretiredin1919andsoldhisbusinesstoGeorgesGloton (1876-1955),anorganbuilderfromBourgogne,wholearnedhis skillsattheworkshopofCavaillé-Coll.Glotonfollowedthetradition setbyDebierre,togetherwithhisassociateLeMintier;thenameof the firm was then changed to Gloton-Le Mintier. Beingchildless,heformedtheyoung JosephBeuchet(1904-1970),grandsonof LouisDebierre,whobecameoneofthe directorsoftheHouseCavaillé-Collin1931. In1934,Gloton-LeMintieropenedabranch inParisinwhichJosephBeuchettookthe lead.In1947,JosephBeuchetbecamehead ofthecompany,nownamedBeuchet-Debierre,withamongothersEugènePicaud andJeanPerrouxasemployees.Eugène’ssonJacquesPicaud becametheheadoftheParisbranch,togetherJacquesBarbéris. JosephBeuchetdiedin1970andhisson,namedalsoJoseph, became head of the company until its closure in 1980. ThefirmplayedaleadingroleintheXXthcenturyParisianorgan landscape,inparticularwithregardtorestorationsofmajorParisian organs.Thenumberofneworgansbuiltbythisfirmisrelativelysmall. The Danion-Gonzalez firm was their main competitor. TheBeuchet-Debierrefirmhasbeencontinuedafteritsclosureby former employees:Jacques Picaud Jacques Barbéris François Sebire Olivier Glandaz Marc Hedelin Louis Eugène Rochesson
LouisFrançoisDebierre(1842-1920),sonofacabinetmakerof Nantes,wasapprenticeatseveralorgan-andharmoniumbuilders inParis(e.g.Debain)beforereturningtoNantesandsettinguphis ownbusiness.Whilehebuiltsomefinethree-manualinstruments ofaround50stops,heisbestknownforhispatentedportable organs,whichhebegantomakein1871.In1882,hegotapatent fortheinventionoforganpipes‘ofmultiplenotes’.Henamedthis organ‘orgueportatifàtuyauxpolyphones’andsolditaroundthe world. InParis,theChapelledesmissionsétrangèreshousesapolyphone. Healsoobtainedapatentforelectro-pneumaticactionin1888. Debierreretiredin1919andsoldhisbusinesstoGeorgesGloton (1876-1955),anorganbuilderfromBourgogne,wholearnedhis skillsattheworkshopofCavaillé-Coll.Glotonfollowedthetradition setbyDebierre,togetherwithhisassociateLeMintier;thenameof the firm was then changed to Gloton-Le Mintier. Beingchildless,heformedtheyoungJosephBeuchet(1904-1970), grandsonofLouisDebierre,whobecameoneofthedirectorsof theHouseCavaillé-Collin1931.In1934,Gloton-LeMintieropened abranchinParisinwhichJosephBeuchettookthelead.In1947, JosephBeuchetbecameheadofthecompany,nownamed Beuchet-Debierre,withamongothersEugènePicaudandJean Perrouxasemployees.Eugène’ssonJacquesPicaudbecamethe headoftheParisbranch,togetherJacquesBarbéris.Joseph Beuchetdiedin1970andhisson,namedalsoJoseph,became head of the company until its closure in 1980. ThefirmplayedaleadingroleintheXXthcenturyParisianorgan landscape,inparticularwithregardtorestorationsofmajorParisian organs.Thenumberofneworgansbuiltbythisfirmisrelativelysmall. The Danion-Gonzalez firm was their main competitor. TheBeuchet-Debierrefirmhasbeencontinuedafteritsclosureby former employees:Jacques Picaud Jacques Barbéris François Sebire Olivier Glandaz Marc Hedelin Louis Eugène Rochesson