Grinda Brothers

The Grinda Brothers were the official organ-builders to the King of Sardinia in the 18th century.

Honoré Grinda first learned carpentry with his grandfather, then became an apprentice under Jean-Esprit Isnard, a Dominican from Tarascon near Avignon, himself a noted organ-builder. In 1779, he learned the trade of pipe fitter in Toulouse with Grégoire Rabini.
Antoine Grinda, a younger brother of the former.

Both brothers worked as organ-builders mainly in the County of Nice, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. After the Napoleonic wars and the restitution of the region of Nice to the House of Savoy, work became scarce and in 1825 they moved to Cerdagne in the Pyrenees to continue their trade in Catalonia.
They are credited with the creation of the following instruments
In the County of Nice:

1790 Villefranche-sur-Mer: Église Saint-Michel - 1 manual, 13 stops – the oldest organ in the County of Nice still in operation. Restored in 1982 by Giroud
1791 L'Escarène: Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
1792 Clans: Collégiale Sainte-Marie
1810-1811: Montalto, near Taggia, in nowadays Liguria then part of the Napoleonic department of Alpes-Maritimes

In Catalonia:

Perpignan: Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Réal, église Saint-Mathieu, église Saint-Jacques
Prats-de-Mollo
Rivesaltes
Céret
Puigcerda - 3 manuals

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