Afterseveralyearsofseriousfinancialdifficulties,AristideCavaillé-Collsoldhiscompanyin1898toCharlesMutin,apupilandformer worker. CharlesMutin(1861-1931)entered theCavaillé-Collcompanyasan apprenticeattheageof14,entrusted toJosephKoening,oneofthevoicers ofthecompany.23yearslater,he becametheheadofthisrenowned company.Hecontinuedthetraditionof hisformeremployerandbuiltapprox. 300 organs until his retirement in 1923. in1924,AugusteConvers(1884-1976)tookoverthecompany: Manufactured’orguesCavaillé-Coll,Mutin,A.ConversetCie.Thiswas thestartofarapiddeclineofthequantityandinparticularthe qualityoftheinstrumentsdelivered,leadingtoabankruptcyin 1928. Thecompanywasthenconvertedintoajoint-stockcompany Sociétéanonymefrançaisedefactured’orguesCavaillé-Coll,while Convers started a new company on his own in 1929. In1931,anewconversionwasdoneintoaSociétéfermièredes EtablissementsCavaillé-CollwithJosephBeuchet(1904-1970)asone of the directors. In 1934, the Pleyel firm took over and Joseph Beuchet resigned. In1936,theSociétéAnonymeCavaillé-CollgavePleyelanexclusive licencetotheexploitationandsales,resultinginanewcompany Pleyel-Cavaillé-Coll.Thisconstructionwasnotsuccessfultooandthe World War II formed its Waterloo. More information on Mutin…
Afterseveralyearsofseriousfinancialdifficulties,AristideCavaillé-Collsoldhiscompanyin1898toCharlesMutin,apupilandformer worker. CharlesMutin(1861-1931)enteredtheCavaillé-Collcompanyas anapprenticeattheageof14,entrustedtoJosephKoening,oneof thevoicersofthecompany.23yearslater,hebecametheheadof thisrenownedcompany.Hecontinuedthetraditionofhisformer employer and built approx. 300 organs until his retirement in 1923. in1924,AugusteConvers(1884-1976)tookoverthecompany: Manufactured’orguesCavaillé-Coll,Mutin,A.ConversetCie.Thiswas thestartofarapiddeclineofthequantityandinparticularthe qualityoftheinstrumentsdelivered,leadingtoabankruptcyin 1928. Thecompanywasthenconvertedintoajoint-stockcompany Sociétéanonymefrançaisedefactured’orguesCavaillé-Coll,while Convers started a new company on his own in 1929. In1931,anewconversionwasdoneintoaSociétéfermièredes EtablissementsCavaillé-CollwithJosephBeuchet(1904-1970)asone of the directors. In 1934, the Pleyel firm took over and Joseph Beuchet resigned. In1936,theSociétéAnonymeCavaillé-CollgavePleyelanexclusive licencetotheexploitationandsales,resultinginanewcompany Pleyel-Cavaillé-Coll.Thisconstructionwasnotsuccessfultooandthe World War II formed its Waterloo. More information on Mutin…