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Details of Minster, Basel, Switzerland

Organ History
1711Built by Silbermann
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London
Organ History
Built by Frederick Haas
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
360602T

I. Hauptwerk
1.Principal16'English tin.
2.Bordun16'wood.
3.Octave8'English tin.
4.Gemshorn8'probe tin.
5.Viol de Gamba8'English tin.
6.Bordun8'wood.
7.Flauto8'wood.
8.Quint5 1/3'wood.
9.Octave4'English tin.
10.Gemshorn4'probe tin.
11.Hohlflote4'wood.
12.Quint2 2/3'probe tin.
13.Waldflote2'probe tin.
14.MixtureV (4')probe tin.
15.CornetIII [5-8-12] probe tin.
16.Fagotto16'
17.Trompette8'tin.
iII/I
II. Oberwerk
18.Quintaton16'
19.Principal16'
20.Bordun8'
21.Viola de amour8'
22.Salicional8'
23.Dolce8'
24.Octave4'
25.Flauto Traverso4'
26.Fugara4'
27.Klein Gedact4'
28.Quinte2 2/3'
29.Octave2'
30.MixtureIV (2')
31.CornetV
32.Fagott and Clarinett8'
III. Echowerk
33.Lieblich Bordun16'
34.Spitzflote8'
35.Harmonika8'
36.Flauto Traverso8'
37.Still Gedact8'
38.Spitzflote4'
39.Dolcissimo4'
40.Flûte de amour4'
41.Quinte2 2/3'
42.Flautino2'
43.Phyzharmonika16'
44.Phyzharmonika8'
45.Vox humana8'
46.Vox humana8'
Pedal
47.Untersatz32'wood.
48.Octave Bass16'wood.
49.Violon Bass16'English tin.
50.Violon Bass16'wood.
51.Sub-bass16'wood.
52.Quinte10 1/3'wood.
53.Octave Bass8'proof tin.
54.Violoncello8'proof tin.
55.Flote8'wood.
56.Quintflote5 1/3'wood.
57.Octave4'
58.Posaune16'
59.Trompette8'
60.Clarine4'
iiI/P


List of Organists
1576-1640Samuel Mareschal (1554-1640)
Benedikt Jucker (1811-1876)
1876-1906Alfred Glaus (1853-1919)
1905-Adolf Hamm (1882-1938)
Rudolf Moser (1892-1960)