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Details of Cathedral, Lucerne, Switzerland

Organ History
1651	Built by Johann Geissler of Salzburg
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
3	48	48	4	-

I. Hauptwerk ( CC-e3 53 notes)
1.	Nachthorn	16
2.	Prestant	8
3.	Hohlflote	8
4.	Salicional	8
5.	Gemshorn	4
6.	Quintflote	2 2/3
7.	Nazard	2 2/3
8.	Spitzflote	2
9.	Quintadena	2
10.	Sesquialtera	2 2/3
11.	Trompet	8
12.	Vox humana	8
i	II/I
ii	III/I
II. Oberwerk ( CC-e3 53 notes)
13.	Principal	8
14.	Hohlflote	8
15.	Quint	5 1/3
16.	Octave	4
17.	Quintflote	2 2/3
18.	Terzflote	1 3/5
19.	Mixture
20.	Cymbel
21.	Cornet
22.	Schalmey	8
23.	Hornlein	8
iii	III/II
III. Echowerk ( CC-e3 53 notes)
24.	Principal	16
25.	Octave	8
26.	Solo Principal	8
27.	Viola	8
28.	Quint	5 1/3
29.	Super Octave	4
30.	Gross-terz	3 1/5
31.	Duodecima	2 2/3
32.	Quintadena	2
33.	Klein-terz	1 3/5
34.	Sesquialtera	2 2/3
35.	Mixture
Pedal ( CCC-c 25 notes)
36.	Sub-bass	32
37.		16
38.	Principal	16
39.	Holz-bass	16
40.	Bourdon	16
41.	Octave	8
42.	Klein Octave	8
43.	Super Octave	4
44.	Mixture
45.	Bombarde	16
46.	Posaune	8
47.	Portune	4
48.	Horn	2
iv	I/P

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