Paris builder, early 20th century

French firm of organ builders. The founder, Victor [Victorino] Gonzalez (b Hacinas, Burgos, 2 Dec 1877; d Paris, 3 June 1956), trained with Cavaillé-Coll (1894–9) and worked for Gutschenritter, Limonaire and Masure before going into partnership with Victor Ephrème at Malakoff, near Paris, in 1921; from 1929 he and his son Fernand (1904–40) worked together as Etablissements Gonzalez in Châtillon.

Victor Gonzalez (1877-1956) was one of the last apprentices with Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (from 1894 to 1898) and then worked for the organbuilders Gutschenritter (1899 to 1905), Limonaire and the pipemaker Gustave Masure (1905to1914). In 1921 he went into partnership with the mechanic Ephrem and they worked to get her on the organ of Saint-François-Xavierin Paris in 1923.

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