Einsiedeln (Switzerland), Monastery Church - Marian Organ

historic Choir Organ
Mauritius Organ
Organ of the Student's Chapel
historic Portable Organ

Specification of the Marian Organ
Picture Gallery of the Marian Organ

The Gospel Organ on the left side of the monastery church was dedicated on the occasion of the Marian Year 1988 and hence named “Marian Organ.” Originally built in 1749 it was rebuilt in the years 1774 to 1776 by Franz Joseph Bouthilier and had been largely destroyed during the French invasion in 1798. The historic case has survived until today and the new instrument was planned as a two-manual Baroque organ with pedal and 34 stops. After having already determined the specification, the original stop jambs of the Bouthilier organ were found in the attic of the monastery church. The small paper stop labels were still legible, so that it seemed imperative to use this discovery to approximate the original specification. The new Marian Organ was completed in 1988 with mechanical actions. The sound of the instrument is of the type that our ancestors of the last decades of the 18th century knew; hence the instrument forms an integral part of the organ history of the monastery.

Specification of the Marian Organ
Mathis 1988, II-P/34

Picture Gallery of the Marian Organ

photos: © Günter Lade

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