Historical Organs

Connected Sites: 13

Significant historical organs.

Connected Sites

  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.19
    276
    9
    Arp Scnitzger's famous organ at the cathedral was lost in WWII and reconstructed since.
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    395
    10
    At Saint Thomas Church, "The church is internationally renowned for its historic and musically-significant organs: the 1741 Silbermann organ, played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 and faithfully restored in 1979 by Alfred Kern; the French organist Louis Thiry recorded the Art of fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach on this organ. Another organ is the 1905 organ (installed in 1906) built by Fritz Haerpfer, following a design by Albert Schweitzer."(wiki)
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    231
    12
    Willis organ, largest privately owned in Europe
  • Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.93
    80
    5
    The pipe organ constructed in the year 1739 is a tresure of inestimable value (nom file)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    355
    13
    The church of the béguinage of Sint-Truiden contains a remarkable organ gallery with an intact organ from 1646, possibly the oldest playable organ in Belgium.
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    545
    15
    The oldest organ and the only one to survive antiquity was recovered in Aquincum
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    Gospel organ at the cathedral from the 17th century, one of the largest in Spain
    See mezquita-catedraldecordoba.es
  • Amiens Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.41
    220
    12
    The great organ of Amiens Cathedral, built in 1422, is one of the oldest and highest in France (17 m above the ground).
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse: The basilica also contains a large three-manual Cavaillé-Coll organ built in 1888. ... considered to be one of the most important organs in France. (wiki)
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.72
    135
    7
    Oaxaca Cathedral: a locally built baroque pipe organ, parts of which date to 1711-1712 (wiki) + Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Soledad: The west gallery contains a baroque pipe organ dated 1686, restored to playing condition in 2000. (wiki)
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    274
    8
    Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Virgen María: two organs, finished in 1736, damaged in a fire in 1967 and restored between 2007 and 2013. Each one has 3.350 pipes.
    See mxcity.mx
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    587
    15
    Santissima Annunziata : "The organ built by Domenico Di Lorenzo da Lucca in 1509–1521 is the oldest in Florence and the third oldest in Italy."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Evora
    Evora
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.07
    241
    12
    Cathedral organ from the 15th Century