Brief introduction to the organ
After two previous instruments – an organ built in 1957 during reconstruction and a temporary one purchased from Salzburg in 2004 – the current organ was designed and built by Thomas B. Gaida’s organ workshop between 2016 and 2019, incorporating some older pipes.
Its name, “Peace Organ”, refers to the inscription on the portico, the history of the Kleiner Michel as a Franco-German peace project, and the lasting mission to foster peace in a broad sense.
The large instrument consists of nine divisions, located in the choir and on the gallery. Unlike most modern organs, its key and stop actions are electrical. Only the choir organ uses traditional slider chests, while the main organ is supplied with wind via cone chests. Together with the identical consoles in the choir and gallery, this gives the organ remarkable flexibility.
