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The 700-year-old Prague cathedral will get a new voice as an organ is nearly installed
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 22 – The new four-manual organ with 6,000 pipes was funded by a $5.2 million crowdfunding campaign and will enhance services and concerts at the historic cathedral.
- Final-Stage work on the new organ at St. Vitus Cathedral involves a worker adjusting cables, equipping the 700-year-old church with a proper instrument for services and concerts.
- Neglect during World War II and over 40 years of communist rule left the 1930s organ in disrepair, prompting a 2017 crowdfunding campaign that raised over 109 million Czech koruna to fund a replacement.
- Built in Gerhard Grenzing's workshop in El Papiol near Barcelona, Spain, the four-manual organ, which contains about 6,000 pipes from 7 millimeters to 7 meters, is being installed on a three-story scaffolding by an international team.
- The installation work is scheduled to be complete in late August, followed by voicing and tuning of the pipes through the end of the year.
- On the feast of St. Vitus, cathedral officials will unveil the organ's first public sounds, officials said, in a cathedral renowned for hosting Czech kings' coronations, burials and storing the crown jewels.
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700-year-old Prague cathedral will get a new voice as an organ is nearly installed
The installation of a new organ at Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral is nearing completion, giving the 700-year-old biggest temple in the Czech Republic a proper instrument to accompany religious services and concerts.
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The 700-year-old Prague cathedral will get a new voice as an organ is nearly installed
St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague is nearing the completion of its new organ installation. An international team is working on the massive instrument, which features 6,000 pipes, some as long as 23 feet.
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