On the occasion of the fourth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters carried out at Sèvres in 1994 an extensive series of microgravimetric measurements was organized. In total, fifteen LaCoste, four Scintrex CG-3M and one Sodin gravimeter measured, within a small network, vertical gravity gradients and a calibration baseline. The results show that the accuracy for single instruments is in the range of 3 μGal to 5 μGal in gravity difference, for the Scintrex and the LaCoste meters. Data from the series were also used to intercompare different ways of calibrating the gravimeter electrostatic feedback systems. The calibration platform of the Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie, (IFAG), Frankfurt, and the calibration lift of the Observatoire Royal de Belgique (ORB) were installed at Sèvres and the results compared with those for the calibration line. This paper gives the first results and a review of the techniques used.